At the tail end of grade school, I met the girl who would be my best friend well into my 20s. She was carefree, obsessed with bands no one really listened to, and had a funky fashion sense. She was everything I wanted to become with puberty just around the corner. The foundation of our friendship was simple: she was confident and appeared to know exactly what she wanted, whether deciding on clothes or boys or lattes.
Friends Forever is the support guild for the Nebraska Humane Society. Members believe passionately in the mission of the Nebraska Humane Society and are truly "forever friends" of homeless animals. Friends Forever supports the Nebraska Humane Society through volunteerism, fundraising and the promotion of community awareness.
The Mission of Friends Forever is to promote the general welfare of companion animals and to enhance the bond of caring between companion animals and humans. Friends Forever supports the Nebraska Humane Society by making life better for companion animals through fundraising, public education and awareness.
Sweet+Savory together forever. This happy blend of granulated honey and sea salt adds a hint of sweetness to popcorn, sweet potatoes, spinach salad, lemon chicken, dark chocolate, grilled carrots, cocktails, mocktails and more!
Peanut was my best friend for a short time. My family moved to Milwaukee two years after Head Start, and I never saw Peanut again. But I had the opportunity to make new friends. My brother, Greg, and I got to know the neighborhood children. We played together, but the friendships were only on a surface level.
I met my best friend at summer camp, and indeed, summer camp is the reason our friendship is still alive today. The story goes like this: she was on the top bunk, and I was on the bed beneath hers. Maya forgot to bring a pillow and even though another girl in our cabin had brought two pillows and offered her extra one to anyone who wanted it, Maya was too shy to say anything. Our moms tell us we were 8 and 10 that first year at Camp Cedar Glen.
Sure, Maya and I did some major bonding over the monster hill we had to walk up every morning, and while listening to the wolves yip in the evenings. But as all dedicated camp professionals know, camp is more than just a location. And because camp is not just a mere place, the friendships made at camp are not bound to it. It is my hope, regardless of how different this summer may or may not have looked for campers, is that they still find a way to be in connection with one another. As a summer camp professional, I feel it is my responsibility to help campers make those connections. As a nod to Maya, all of our campers will be receiving Camp Cedar Glen postcards that they can use to catch up with one another.
On April 2 we closed on and now officially own Twin Brooks Golf Course in Hyannis. This beautiful 40-acre golf course, close to Main Street and the many businesses in the heart of Hyannis, more than doubles the size of our existing campus, and allows us to move ahead with two key initiatives:
This amazing gift also endows the program and generates a healthy annual operating budget. We are actively searching for an executive director of this program, and will be reaching out to you, our alumni, alumni families and other stakeholders for suggestions as we develop this program.
Since 1957 teams of parents, trustees, faculty and administrators have been working to make our great school even better. We are one lucky school to have such a prolific history, and today we stand on the shoulders of all those who have come before us and acknowledge that none of this would be possible without the strong foundation that has been built over almost 70 years.
This is one of the most exciting times in our history, and we look forward to hearing from you, and updating you as we develop our plans and timeline. Thank you for your partnership; stay tuned for more information as the Riverview family takes the next steps in our journey together.
For questions regarding the purchase of the Twin Brooks Golf Course, Friends Forever or Riverview School please email friends...@riverviewschool.org. While we are busy in the initial planning stages, and may not have all of the answers, we will do our best to respond to questions in a timely manner.
In an era where the only difference between American politics and a WWE match is the amount of spandex involved, the time is right for me to tell the story of why I have regular phone conversations with a Catholic deacon.
Our relationship continued after I left college, though our paths diverged somewhat. He became a teacher and I ended up going to a law school with its own cattle ranch. No more seeing each other every day, no more Death Star runs at 2 in the morning. We still kept in touch, though, and had some adventures.
One of our most fun moments together after college is a story that is safe to share. Every year, my house participated in Bay to Breakers, a footrace across the width of San Francisco. After finishing my second year of law school, I rewarded myself by borrowing a manual chair, tying myself to it, and doing the 12K race with them.
I learned a very important lesson from this marathon. There are a lot of steep hills in San Francisco. Manual wheelchairs do not like steep hills. This lesson became very apparent to me when my chair went up on two wheels while ascending one of these hills. As always, Brother Justin was there at the most unlikely and helpful moment. He, my attendant, and many other brothers averted what would have been an awesome wipeout and pushed me to the top of the hill. The reward was one of the most memorable experiences of my life.
Soon after that, Brother Justin took a wrong turn, literally. While trying to find a church, he went the wrong way on a street and ended up the National Shire of St. Francis in San Francisco receiving it as a sign that he should finally make the trip out to visit the group of Franciscan friars in NYC he had been considering joining. As he described it to me once, he felt like he was finally where he was supposed to be. Soon after, my wild fraternity brother became a monk and took the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Just last week, he was elevated to the position of deacon.
Brother Justin visited me soon after I emerged from my itinerancy. That night, we did walk into a bar. It was a truly interesting sight. Brother Justin, sporting a foot-long beard, bald head, and traditional Deacon robe, strode through the door next to me in my business casual attire and heavily modified wheelchair. I was waiting for the punch line, but instead I received a night with old friends. Pi Kappa Phi brothers living in the area joined us for a night of catching up. Unlike the old days, we did not get kicked out, but all of us still experienced the bonds of a life-long friendship.
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Background: Friendships have been linked to mental health and school attainment in children. The effects of friendlessness and friendship quality have been well researched, but less is known about the role of friendship stability (i.e., maintaining the same friend over time), an aspect of friendship which is often interrupted by the transition between phases of schooling. Many children report concerns about the secondary school transition which introduces a number of new social and academic challenges for children.
Aims: To explore rates of friendship stability and whether maintaining a stable best friend across the primary to secondary school transition provided benefits to children's adjustment during this period.
Methods: This study used longitudinal data from children transitioning into 10 UK secondary schools and explored the association between self-reported friendship stability and three outcomes: academic attainment, emotional problems and conduct problems. Analyses controlled for friendship quality and pre-transition psychological adjustment or attainment as appropriate.
Results: Rates of friendship stability were relatively low during this period. Children who kept the same best friend had higher academic attainment and lower levels of conduct problems. Exploratory analyses indicated that secondary school policies that group children based on friendships may support friendship stability.
Then life happened. Kids came along, careers were forming, people moved away, responsibilities shifted and maintaining every friendship, even when you wanted to, was unfortunately no longer the highest priority. Then a funny thing happened. In the blink of an eye, the kids are grown, careers are established or winding down and you start longing for those friendships. They are the people who knew you when you were young and shared all the wild, crazy and often misdirected times from your past, before duty and burdens set in and made you a true adult.
Some of us are celebrating 30-plus years of marriage. Others are embarking on a new relationship. Some have children getting married and grandkids. Some have children still at home. Others have a child living halfway around the world. Some are retiring, and others are embarking on a new career. Some have endured serious heartache like cancer, divorce or the premature loss of a spouse or child. Life has beaten us down and lifted us up but not a single story is the same.
A celebration of friendship (frenemies) and the spirit of collaboration between Societe and Fremont Brewing of Seattle. This West Coast IPA is a harmonious blend of passion, expertise and a shared love for exceptional craft beer.
Seamans and Smith grew up in the Brainerd Lakes area, in the small town of Crosby, Minnesota. They were two brainy, nerdy outcasts who eventually developed a fierce mutual devotion, although when they first met in 5th grade they made a lousy impression on each other.
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