They say that friends are the family we get to choose for ourselves, and honestly, they couldn’t be more right. True ...

Last month, I was sorting through a box of 30-year-old letters my friends had sent me while I was at summer camp when I came across a time capsule, in purple and green floss. Faded and frayed, it was ...

In 2019, when my best friend of over a decade broke up with me, I was completely blindsided and an utter mess. I've had romantic partners end relationships with me before, and all those heartbreaks ...

Friends are integral to a happy and healthy life. But people who have amazing pals from childhood are on another level.

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The dog was asleep in the corner, and I was seated at the kitchen table, drinking a cup of weak tea. My 21-year-old son sat cross-legged on the floor, messing with his guitar, telling me a funny story ...

My friends and I share our locations indefinitely through the Find My app, formerly known as Find My Friends. Sometimes, when we don't get that "home!" text, we check the app to see we've all made it ...

Four-year-old me sat at the end of the examination table, the heels of my sneakers thudding rhythmically against the base below as I swung my legs. I stared at the small geometric farm drawings on my ...

It is such a pleasure to watch the unique and freaky ways my friends connect to each other Last week I went to a beloved friend’s 40th birthday, and I got to witness something I deeply believe about ...

Not long after my mom died suddenly in a car accident during my junior year of college, I received a sympathy card in the mail from her childhood best friend, Kay. Kay and my mom grew up together, and ...

On a daily basis, I teach kids. By kids, I mean teens to college-age, sometimes mid-twenties. When I started teaching, I was still a kid myself, so I was careful to refer to my students as students, ...