All We Ever Wanted

by Emily Giffin

What I can’t stand are the judgmental hypocrites—people who talk a big Christian game yet don’t even make a cursory attempt to follow the Golden Rule, let alone some of those pesky commandments.

Parenting can be a real drain, even when sharing the misery with a spouse. Alone it was hard as fuck.

amen to that…

But I cherished our filterless relationship and considered it the truest measure of a best friend, greater than pure affection. Who was the person you trusted enough to be your most transparent self with, in both good times and bad? For me, that person had always been Julie.