Friends are such a blessing! There are friends I text with, friends I walk with, friends I sew with, friends I call and talk with on the phone, friends that laugh with me, serve with me, and friends I exchange Marco Polos with. I love to discuss gospel principles with friends, or parenting, marriage, health or time management tips, etc. I have friends I feel comfortable sharing deep feelings with. I am lifted and encouraged by friends. This season of life provides more time for friends than other chapters of life have.
"We are not designed to be autonomous, self-individuals. We are designed for love. We come most alive when we are in relationships of dependence and trust. It is in connecting with another that we begin to know who we are."
Jenet Jacob Erickson, Y Magazine, Winter 2023, pg. 31.
"One of the most important things we can do on earth is develop relationships that will support us through different seasons of life and help us endure to the end."
Jessica Anne Lawrence, "3 Things we Learn from Christ about Relationships," Liahona, April 2024.
"I've listened to someone as young as 14 and someone as old as 100 talk about their close friends, and there are three expectations of a close friend that I hear people describing and valuing across the entire life course: somebody to talk to, someone to depend on, and someone to enjoy. These expectations remain the same, but the circumstances under which they're accomplished change."
William Rawlins, Atlantic.
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