The Tenderness of Childhood Friendship - by Tara Monjazeb

and the golden act of bearing witness

I spent the weekend in Edinburgh visiting my best friend. He moved there for university after high school, and I followed him across the Atlantic to London a year later. We always joked that our 10-year-old selves would find this situation admirable and unbelievable, but reflecting on it seriously makes me realize how lucky I am to have something so special that has lasted so long. I think I spend too much time thinking about what I’ve lost and not enough thinking about what has stayed. by Yelena Bryskenkova I grew up watching my mom remain best friends with the people she knew in her…

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