Entries Tagged as ‘Friendship’

January 24, 2008

Startling books

If somebody asked you whether you’d like to read a book about a collection of friends reshaping their lives after one dived into shallow water and permanently injured himself, would you jump at the chance? How about a book about a family and friend reshaping their lives after the daughter attempts suicide?
These are not [...]

January 19, 2008

Reflections on Marriage

We celebrated our 27th wedding anniversary on January 17. That has led me to think about what I’ve learned about marriage in slightly more than a quarter century.
My marriage is more important to me now than it was in the beginning. I think that’s because of the collected weight of so many shared [...]

November 8, 2007

The Stuff Friendship is Made Of

I just returned from visiting one of my college roommates. When she introduced me to her colleagues at a staff luncheon on Tuesday, she said that we are closer friends now than we were then. That statement gave me a jolt, but then I realized how true it is.
What is friendship?
As years pile [...]