Amy, this is a beautiful love letter to your female friendships. I’ve known you for a short time virtually yet it feels longer, and I notice your “ability to listen and to give of myself as well as receive love and support from others.” I admire how you do this with thoughtful kindness and no pretense.
Amy, this is a beautiful love letter to your female friendships. I’ve known you for a short time virtually yet it feels longer, and I notice your “ability to listen and to give of myself as well as receive love and support from others.” I admire how you do this with thoughtful kindness and no pretense.
Many of my female friendships have changed over the last few years as I’ve changed and become more true to myself. I’ve lost some friends who don’t like the new me who speaks up for her beliefs. In truthfulness, I think I’m the one that has pulled away.
I remain close with my best friends since high school (one is a man). We’ve been together through so much. There were times where we didn’t see each other for years, but it’s like no time passed at all when we are together again. I love them with all my heart and always will.
I feel like I’ve entered a new phase of friendships where I’m able to be open, to truly show myself to others (now that I better know who I am) and in turn to get to know others deeply. I find I’m spending more time with people who want to do the same.
I’m so happy to have met you, and to call you a friend. ❤️
Thank you Tracey for your thoughtful comment and kind words. I am grateful for our virtual friendship, too, connected by our love of writing and the wonderful guidance of Jeannine Ouellette in Writing in the Dark. I think it's amazing you have a close male friendship, that is more unusual for women, I believe, but wonderful when it happens. I know what you mean that when we are with our lifelong friends, long periods of separation vanish once we're reunited. There is all that history, and appreciation of one another, just as we are. I am happy to call you a friend, too!
Amy, this is a beautiful love letter to your female friendships. I’ve known you for a short time virtually yet it feels longer, and I notice your “ability to listen and to give of myself as well as receive love and support from others.” I admire how you do this with thoughtful kindness and no pretense.
Many of my female friendships have changed over the last few years as I’ve changed and become more true to myself. I’ve lost some friends who don’t like the new me who speaks up for her beliefs. In truthfulness, I think I’m the one that has pulled away.
I remain close with my best friends since high school (one is a man). We’ve been together through so much. There were times where we didn’t see each other for years, but it’s like no time passed at all when we are together again. I love them with all my heart and always will.
I feel like I’ve entered a new phase of friendships where I’m able to be open, to truly show myself to others (now that I better know who I am) and in turn to get to know others deeply. I find I’m spending more time with people who want to do the same.
I’m so happy to have met you, and to call you a friend. ❤️
Thank you Tracey for your thoughtful comment and kind words. I am grateful for our virtual friendship, too, connected by our love of writing and the wonderful guidance of Jeannine Ouellette in Writing in the Dark. I think it's amazing you have a close male friendship, that is more unusual for women, I believe, but wonderful when it happens. I know what you mean that when we are with our lifelong friends, long periods of separation vanish once we're reunited. There is all that history, and appreciation of one another, just as we are. I am happy to call you a friend, too!