The Practical Magic of Friendship
Editor’s note: What’s more powerful than the connection between women? We find each other and build relationships over years, miles, lifecycle events and long lunches. Women need other women in ways...
View ArticleWho Needs Friends? We All Do. Here’s Why.
My friendships have always sustained me. Even though I was quite a shy kid, I always managed to surround myself with good friends. In fact, good friends rank as high on the importance scale as do my...
View ArticleDo You Lie About Your Age?
I don’t like lying. I don’t do it well, either. But I do realize that there are certain times when it comes in handy. Like when a friend asks, “Does this dress make me look fat?” for instance. You...
View ArticleFabulous Female Friendships, and Walgreens Therapy
Thinkstockphotos.com Chelly and I met in Driver’s Ed. Tenth Grade (better known as The Unfortunate Perm Era of 1988). The “teacher” (read: gruff and smelly junior-varsity baseball coach, complete with...
View ArticleHanging at the Beach with Girlfriends
Photo courtesy Photo Cynthia louden I have been hanging at the beaches in Santa Cruz with girlfriends since I was a teenager. In those days we would pack our beach towels, cocoa butter, Sun-In hair...
View ArticleI’m Never Going to My High School Reunion
PART ONE. (Come back next Thursday, August 29, to read part two) Photo Thinkstockphotos.com Just last summer, I was shocked into the harsh reality of realizing just how quickly time passes. I received...
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