Friends

Dear, best friends: going through hard times, What do you believe the definition of a true friend is? Regardless of whether it is someone you can trust with your most private information or personal possessions, someone who would risk their life to save yours, or someone you've known your entire life. Each person has a different idea of what "real friendship" is. True friendship, in my opinion, is when two people can rely on one another with just about everything; they allow you to succeed and fail on your own, but they always lend a hand when it matters the most. I find it objectionable when individuals claim that a true friend won't allow you to steal their work for a test or a more significant project. This exemplifies that they do not regard the other person as a friend, but rather...

We met at college, you were 17 and pregnant, thrown out of the catholic school you were at. I got pregnant that year and we became friends. That was in 1975. Although I moved to Europe in 1981 we stayed friends and we visited each other quite often, phoned a lot and nowadays I am sure that we would whatsapp and skype to keep up with daily stuff. You died in 2013 after 9 years of multiple myeloma and I lost a very dear friend who made my life better. The first couple of years after your death I would catch myself saying to myself - I must ring Rebecca and tell her about this or that. Only to then realize that you are gone. I miss you so much

Hi Bes! I hope you're doing great wherever you are. I'm sorry I haven't given you a lot of attention. I'm sad that you're gone, I regret not meeting you even just once. When you told me that you had an illness I was shocked. I also doubted you since there was no proof, but I believed you in the end. I can't tell you to avoid this or that, since I figured most people around you already said that. I also didn't want you to feel as if I was pitying you. You were and still are my best friend. All the things we talked about, animes, mangas, daily life, and your exes HAHAHAHA. I would miss it. I will miss you. Every time you helped me with my math homework, I felt really grateful. I don't know if the news I heard about you was real or not, I was hoping it wasn't because that would mean you are...

Dear Satu, Finally year 2022 and bold new beginnings, but what changed? Did Satu change? Despite all of your never ending talk about groundbreaking transformation and spiritual growth. No I don’t think that you did. Does my opinion count, I don’t think that it does, it never did to you. You would have already changed something if it did. But let’s be realistic, you don’t change, do you? You asked for examples of your entitled behavior, here are just a few. For me this is just to reflect back, and move on. I’ve had the odd privilege of having a front row seat in your self-sabotage almost four years now. Your cycle of abusing family, friends, and professional relationships has not changed one bit. Somehow you still manage to keep your head above water. The cost, maybe there is none...