Initiating New Friendships

While married, couples typically have other married friends, which is what you would expect. However, after going through a divorce or death of a spouse, you often find yourself with few or no friends at all. Remember, the old married friends still care about you but they live a different lifestyle that makes socializing difficult. Over time, these friendships often fade, leaving you to start making new friends. For single parents, having no one close to confide in or to laugh with can be devastating, leaving a person to feel alone and isolated. Therefore, if you now find yourself a … Continue reading

My Best Friend Moved Away – Nancy Carlson

Life brings changes, some planned and expected, others surprising and unwelcome. This picture book, “My Best Friend Moved Away” by Nancy Carlson, talks about one of those changes that is bound to happen during the course of one’s childhood, that of losing a friend. The book begins by showing us all the things that the two girls used to do together. “My best friend and I did everything together,” it reads, and we see pictures of the girls on the swings, making a snowman, building sandcastles, and just enjoying each other’s company. “But then she moved away,” as the moving … Continue reading