Tag Archives: friendship
Entertaining
1. You don’t have to serve dinner to have a dinner party. Snacks can be dinner. And if those snacks run out, pizza is always a phone call away. 2. Rather than a hard start time, give people an arrival window: “Come over … Continue reading
My Radiant Light
My close friends know that I lost my mother to ovarian cancer. They don’t know that five years later, I lost my brother to a fatal accident — and that within months of his passing, my father also died, his … Continue reading
Money Talk
It might be helpful to their friends if they were specific about their goals, if it’s not too personal. ‘I’m saving up for a down payment,’ or ‘[I’m trying to] increase my emergency fund, or to invest.’ ‘My washing machine … Continue reading
Enough
I have a person I would consider my best friend, almost a sister. However, I’m noticing over the last few years that I am the person she complains to — understandable, she has a terrible husband and job — which … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 