By Valerie Goldstein Farewell To the Bus Stop Moms
It seems like just yesterday I was writing a piece about my last baby going off to kindergarten. I poured…
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By Jessica Carik The Hard Truth about Friendship in Your 40s
No one can really prepare you for how much friendships change in your 40s. We expect life shifts—kids grow, schedules…
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By Krystal Sieben Maybe that “Mean Mom” Is Just Busy
Ever since Ashley Tisdale wrote about leaving her toxic mom group, I have noticed something shift among women my age,…
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By Brittany Tokas We Fell Out of Friendship
It was just a normal Monday afternoon, sitting in the waiting room at the dentist's office. I had one kid…
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By Megan Kewaza True Friends Trust You with Real Life
I used to think the mark of real friendship was inclusion. If I got invited to the brunch, the beach…
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By Wendy C The Mom Friends You Make by Default Are Pretty Great
I never thought I would expand my group of friends in my mid-30s and 40s. As an introvert, I wasn’t…
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In Praise of Indebtedness: How Threads of Reciprocity Weave Us Together
It all started with tomatoes. After we moved, a neighbor invited us to pick from the abundance in her and…
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By Elizabeth Pershing Youth Hockey Has Given Us Bonus Family
An open letter to youth hockey: The tape is still wet on the stick of my second-year bantam who ended…
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The Friends You’ve Had Since Childhood Are Special
I never thought the girl I used to hang out with in Grade 5, talking about Trolls and Tamagotchis with,…
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By Her View From Home The Women In My Life Have become My Lifeline
In my early 20s, I thought all I ever wanted or needed was a man to love and who loved…
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By Amber Kuipers True Friendship Is a Give and Take
Have you ever had one of those friends who wants to be invited to all the things and be "in…
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By Joy A. Mead Some Friends Don’t Journey with Us Forever
It was a damp morning when we arrived in the UK after a week with my parents in the US.…
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