My Best Friend Spent Her Thirtieth Alone With Me—Finishing Our College “Someday” List

My Best Friend Spent Her Thirtieth Alone With Me—Finishing Our College “Someday” List

My Best Friend Canceled Her Thirtieth Birthday Party for One Day With Me—Then I Saw the Names We Had Both Crossed Out

She canceled a room full of people to spend her thirtieth birthday alone with me.
Then she put an eight-year-old list on my kitchen counter and covered the last line with her hand.
By the time she let me read it, I understood how much two people could lose without ever saying no.

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