Friendships

Our friendships change profoundly when our teens grow up and leave. The parents we bonded with over carpools and school pickups scatter, and forging new connections in midlife is harder than anyone warns you. Here you'll find honest writing about adult friendships, including how to nurture them, let them go, and find community on the other side of the nest.

When I Knew It Was Time to Let Go of a Long Term Friendship

If I Stopped Trying Would My ‘Friends’ Reach Out to Me?

This Is Why You SHOULD Take That Epic Moms’ Trip

I Thought We Would Be Friends Forever, It Hurts So Much That I Was Wrong

My Friend Ghosted Me When My Mother Died and It Still Hurts

How I Found My Lifelong Best Friend

That’s When My Friend Said, ‘Why Don’t You Live With Me?’

Parenting Challenges

Sometimes It’s Really Hard to Connect With the ‘Other’ Moms

Parenting Challenges

A Letter to the Friend Who Stood With Me In the Darkness

What We Can Learn from Childhood Friendships: I’ll Always Have Laura

I Don’t Fit In With the Parents of My Teen’s Friends

I Don’t Know Where I’d Be Without Friends Who Also Have Teens