I read an article recently about how friendships can die over time. We shouldn’t feel bad about it, the article said. People change after all, grow in different directions: nothing lasts forever. It’s true, of course, that we have changed, but Tavia and I are in this life together. We found each other as little girls, and through everything, we’ve held on. Some years all we’ve managed to do is exchange birthday cards, while other years we’ve talked on the phone every week, usually when she’s driving to work. In the best years we see each other all the time. It really doesn’t matter. Ours is a
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