When my best friend and I were nineteen, we made the kind of promise only teenagers could take seriously: if neither of us had married by sixty, we would find each other again.

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For most of my life, I convinced myself that some people were meant to remain in the past, no matter how badly you once wished they could have stayed in …

When my best friend and I were nineteen, we made the kind of promise only teenagers could take seriously: if neither of us had married by sixty, we would find each other again. Read More

Some problems are best ignored, while others cannot be swept aside. But neighbor conflicts are uniquely challenging because, unlike friends, you do not get to choose who lives twelve feet away from you.

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My husband, Rob, and I learned this balance over twelve years of living next door to Dale. Dale was precise, rigid, and intensely focused on property lines, utilities, and stormwater …

Some problems are best ignored, while others cannot be swept aside. But neighbor conflicts are uniquely challenging because, unlike friends, you do not get to choose who lives twelve feet away from you. Read More