I like silence; I’m a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
— Karen Armstrong

Gregarious: outgoing, friendly, social, cordial, sociable, affable, convivial, companionable….while in the basement alone with my past, present and my future. I sort, clean, think, imagine, regret,

 

 “Hello my friend hello”

Neil Diamond sings this song. It reminds me tonight when you turned 13 and you wrote me a note to file the night before your birthday. It simply said, “You will always be my first best friend.”

Adam, you have been back home almost a month and to say you are my best friend tonight is deep felt and I say it will all of my heart and soul. I love how you check in with me first thing in the morning and sometimes throughout the day and then one more time before bedtime for good measure.

This my friend, is being a best friend.

I love you more,

Mother