BFF

Now if you don't know that term, you have been hiding under a rock. A BFF is a best friend forever:-) Maybe it's because I am an only child that I have valued all my friendships so very much. Other than my son who walks on water, my friends have always been my family. They have been there with me in the proverbial sickness, health, good times and bad. I feel people who do not nurture their friendships miss out on a major source of joy in their lives. I recently read that "friendship is a kind of behavioral vaccine that can inoculate us against illness". There is growing scientific evidence that extensive social networks can make us susceptible to the ravages of old age and to many common illnesses. So get on out there and make some friends, reconnect with past ones and cherish your BFF.