Don't Swim Alone

Have you noticed that the concept of friendship changes as we get older? When we are younger, many of us want to have as many friends as possible. Going to a small Catholic school in South Florida, I considered every person in my class of 25 to be my friend. When I got to high school, I learned that friendship and makling friends was now mixed with the realities of adolescence and findine one’s identity. We identified the unique groups and factions that made up our the now mu

Christmas is coming but please don’t tell me how many shopping days are left until Christmas. I love giving gifts. I even love taking time and energy to carefully plan out gifts for my friends and family. I feel blessed to be able to show people how much I love and appreciate them. I just wish that the coming month would entail more than that search. The days leading to Christmas will be consumed with the act of preparation. Our homes, schools, and places of work will be a wh