Over the last couple of months I have been setting many of my entries to friend's only, as I have been writing about increasingly personal issues and events ( Read more... )

I am thankful for finding Tracy. I can honestly say she has turned into a good friend, someone I trust and admire. She's a single mom, with two boys 2 and 4 years younger than E. I understand a lot of what she's feeling as her oldest is hitting puberty. We met for lunch today. It was sooo good to see her, so sad to hear about some of the stuff ( Read more... )

What’s the issue? Friendship. What does it mean? Friends should be able to be honest with each other. But with that honesty, does how brutal must that honesty be? When is it enough? To make someone feel bad? To bring them to tears? How honest should a ‘friend’ be? How relentless should that 'friend' be about their opinion of your life ( Read more... )