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Don’t Take This Personally, But Please Don’t Ever Call Me on the Phone

I sat here trying to remember when I last spent time chatting with a friend on the phone until I realized ain’t nobody got time for that. The…

I pray for your strength. And I don’t just mean strength to live or to get the pickle jar open. I mean the strength to push back the covers, to…

“Mom, I won my race!” Tears instantly sprang to my eyes as I sat in the parking lot 40 miles away from one of my twin daughters who just competed…

Squad. Tribe. Mom Friends. Where is my “ride or die”? I think about this often as I scroll social media and see others posting about…

He left her. Not only that, but it was for a friend of hers. More her friend than his, but not anymore. Walking with my friend through this most…

I was never the girl with a crowd of friends. I was more the “a few good friends” type. Those friendships were precious and yet, I nearly…

What is a “best friend” really? Is it some mythical idea of the perfect person we like to say we have in elementary or high school?…

Chances are I won’t be giving you this letter for a long time. Right now, you can’t read or write and some of you can barely talk yet. I’m…

From elementary school to high school, Leslie and I were inseparable. In third grade, we sat in the back of the coat closet together writing stories…

Girls, listen up. I have something important to say. About us. We need each other. We do. Today I got an unexpected gift in the mail from a precious…