Building Each Other Up

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.

This time around, it started off nicely enough, a conversation about our summers and mutual travel experiences. Lots of smiles, a few nods and laughs. I congratulated myself; maybe this time with this acquaintance would be different. Maybe the judge-y remarks, not just about me but about those we were with, wouldn’t come. Maybe it was the start of friendship.

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