by Mary B Safrit | Sep 28, 2022 | Relationships and Community
Friendships can feel tenuous at the best of times. Someone gets a job and moves within a month. Someone starts a dating relationship and disappears into the ether. When things change and friendships shift, it can be challenging to talk about that kind of loss. But if...
by Mary B Safrit | Sep 21, 2022 | Relationships and Community, Singleness
My best friend had a baby and I feel abandoned but also thrilled for her and my new little friend. Let’s just say, for the record, that transitions are complex. They can confront us with a weird mix of seemingly competing emotions. It’s challenging to make...
by Mary B Safrit | Sep 14, 2022 | How-to's, Relationships and Community, Singleness
Weddings as a single person can be weird. I know what you’re thinking. Yes, weddings are festive celebrations of love and an opportunity to witness a covenant between two people we (presumably) care about. There’s a lot to love about them. Cake. Pals. Chaotic...
by Mary B Safrit | Sep 7, 2022 | How-to's, Relationships and Community, Singleness
“Gosh, how do we celebrate ourselves without feeling vain? I don’t have a partner who can organize a birthday party or congratulate me on an accomplishment, but doing it for myself feels very… wrong and selfish somehow. Probably some bad thinking in...
by Mary B Safrit | Aug 31, 2022 | The Creative Life
If your brain feels like an overwrought laptop, you’re not alone. You know that sound the fan makes when you have too many tabs or programs open and it acts like you’re asking it to launch itself into outer space? I’m right there with you. My brain needs the...
