Friends…the Family You Choose

When I was growing up, I had my friends and I had my family.  Both groups were important, but I had a message embedded in my brain – “blood is thicker than water.”  I took this to mean that, when the chips were really down, the only people you could count on were your family.  [...]

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My New Best Friend

Recently I’ve written about  how I was worried about my emotional state this Christmas, in view of the fact that this past year has not been the best in my life.  Well, I’m pleased to report that lately I’ve been doing really well!  And, in part, I owe this surprising development to some advice I [...]

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When Friendships Fade…

Nobody keeps all their friends forever.  That’s just a fact of life.  Many people we are close to at a job, in a neighborhood or in school eventually drift away, very often due to time, distance and circumstance.  I get that.
But then you have what I call your “core” set of friends.  These are the [...]

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