friendship

C.S Lewis got it right: friendship is born when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one!"

Keeping Halloween Alive in Adulthood
As the leaves fall and crunch under my feet, I can’t help but start lighting fall’s eve scented candles and curling up with my favorite scary movies. But I feel a bit somber this time of year, because part of me misses the halloweens of my childhood. Those crisp eves where I fought with my mom because I didn’t want to wear a jacket with my cool witch outfit while out trick or treating. I miss running around with my friends around the neighborhood that wasn’t usually this alive at this time of night. I miss those dads that got really into hay rides and ran one for their suburb. I miss the friends whose birthdays were around Halloween so they always got Halloween-themed parties and parents would make mud pie with gummy worms because it was more creepy.
By Courtney Dawson6 years ago in Humans
Music and Its Power to Connect!
We live in a world so full of negativity that I have made it a personal goal to spread some positive energy everywhere I go. Much like my last article, this is intended to showcase that while the world can be cruel, harsh place to exist in, its the bonds we form with others that often help us through life’s battles.
By Louis Diaz6 years ago in Humans
I Took the Bait
When I close my eyes, I can see the infinite black curtain taking place behind my eyelid. The circus of moving lights and dancing shadows starts promptly. I choreograph their motion to create forms and silhouettes. I let my mind play with my fluid black and white performance artists. I let my imagination engrave my consciousness.
By Beatrice6 years ago in Humans
The Great Falling Out
First I wanna tell y’all about friends. Friends grow apart right? I know I’ve had my fair share of losing them. Sometimes you make a friend for life. Sometimes that person only was in your life because you only needed each other at that time only. Do you believe in that stuff?
By Katt6 years ago in Humans
The Loss of a Friend
It’s a sad fact of life today that we lose so many of the younger generations to drugs, violence, and suicide. In the town I grew up in, there always seems to be yet another death, whether it is caused by those reasons or some sort of accident, they always seem to be close in age to me. I've watched countless friends grieve over their best friends and family, but never would I have imagined it would be someone that I was close with. Early this year, this became my reality. My friend Andrew had passed away.
By Lillian Rose6 years ago in Humans
How Friendship Turned to Stalking
It started out innocently enough. I met him at orientation for the college program I had decided to take, when I decided to go back to school full-time. At 45. He seemed nice enough. A little quirky, sometimes a bit shy seeming, but nice enough. I didn't think too much of him beyond that. During orientation I hung out with him and with a girl who was also starting the program with us. The three of us became friends fairly quickly.
By Gayla Ber6 years ago in Humans
An Ode to Addam
This is Addam, with two “Ds.” He and I were in the Army together in 2005 to 2006, stationed in Ft. Riley, Kansas. I didn’t really get to know him until several, several months after joining Bravo Company (🐠—that’s a barracuda). Eventually, we’re all (Bravo) going out and drinking together.
By Heather Ryan6 years ago in Humans
Living with My Best Friend
Let’s see. Living with your best friend may seem enticing, but it is not all that it is cracked up to be. Just as a quick note: Overall, living with my “bestie” was not bad, and I quite enjoyed it. The family that I lived with was quite generous letting me live there and all. Luckily for me, they also liked me before I lived with them, and somehow did not hate me during or after my time staying there. I was really worried that they would kick me out, because my family all liked to tell me how much of a mess I am and how I pretty well leave path of destruction and trash everywhere I go. However, I think that these comments, maybe true but also slightly hurtful, helped me become a good tenant. I constantly watched myself, and picks up the messes I left. Occasionally I am sure I forgot some things, but I tried my best.
By Kaelyn Dibble6 years ago in Humans
Building Your Dream Tribe
You have probably heard from many people in your circle—mom, dad, teachers and peers—you are judged by the people you hang around. I heard it from my parents, and now, I repeat the same thing to my kids. While this might seem completely unfair and a bit “judgy,” this is actually more of a thing than you may realize. And, it’s not a new thing. Let me explain.
By Amy Neuman Proffitt6 years ago in Humans
The Diary of a BindiBabe
Coral and I have known each other since birth, practically. Same school. Same street. Same hair colour—we even had the same texture in hair. Around the ages of seven to nine, mine would always be plaited in two, falling down, with the tips sitting just past my ribcage. Hers, coarse enough to be wrapped into two buns without a hair band. And, if she had my eyes, she’d almost look a little Chinese. Too cute. “True brownies,” as described by my mum. But, her real name was Yama, which actually means "restrainer" in Hindi. She was given the name Coral, but I never really knew why. This is the only query I had about her—but I never brought up. It wasn't necessary—not in this lifetime, anyway. I used to wonder if it had anything to do with the colour of her kitchen walls, which matched the cushions on her dining table chairs—even her living room lampshade was Coral coloured...
By Mayurie 6 years ago in Humans
One-Upped
Have you ever told someone a story about your day or just been venting, only to have them one-up you with the "oh yeah, well, what happened to me was way better or conversely, way worse?" It always seems that whatever the case, however it happened to them was more significant in some way than whatever happened to you. That, my friends is always the case with the 'one-upper'. It's as if the stories are somehow in competition with one another, or maybe somehow you both are, unknowingly? I'm sure we all have at least one in every group of friends. Whatever the story, theirs was bigger, better, faster, stronger, something to make it just somehow more than whatever yours was so that they stand out for either better, or worse. If you had a good day, theirs was better. On the flip side, if you had a lousy day, theirs was the worst day ever. They cannot seem to just listen to you talk without making sure theirs was somehow over the top.
By Beth Castania6 years ago in Humans
Creating Positive Relationships
Choosing good people to have around you is very important for your overall growth as a person, so it's important to keep people around that bring positive energy into your life. Even as an adult, choosing your friends wisely has a lot to do with how you think, feel, and behave. During adulthood it can be pretty hard to maintain relationships with people that you’ve come to know as you’ve grown throughout your life, and it can also be hard to begin relationships with good people. Here are some tips to help you strengthen the relationships you have with the people around you, and gain new positive relationships as well.
By Mikkie Mills6 years ago in Humans