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When a Friend Dies

The death of a friend can be particularly hard because we don’t get the same level of support for grieving friends.

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Friends Friendship 101 Hard times

Friends in the Time of Virus

Humans are social animals. And we need to maintain our friendships, especially at this difficult time.

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Text Me When You Get Home: The Proof of the Power of Friendships

We look forward to evenings out with our best female friends for many reasons. These gatherings are a reward after a long week at work, or a welcome change of scenery from managing our household and its occupants (spouses, kids, pets and more), or caregiving of parents or other relatives and friends. This gathering of […]

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Some Recent Books About Women’s Friendships

Our piles of to-be-read books are very high, like we imagine yours are. But we’d love to add some books that dig into the beauty (or pain) of our friendships with one another. Check out these books that talk about women’s friendships. (We only wish we’d read all of these!) If you get a chance […]

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Friends Hard times Long distance friends

TMW You Realize the Value Of A Friendship May Be In The $$$

Our friendship began in school, as many friendships do. We had at least one thing in common at the start, having just left one phase of our lives behind and entering the unknown of the next level of learning. For me and a friend we’ll call Karen, it was as freshmen in high school, a […]