While I was still working, this is the question I always asked retired family members and close friends. Obviously, with a 40 hour work week, I had to cram every chore, errand, and socializing entry on my calendar into my two days off. But to people I knew well enough to ask this bold question, they all gave the same answer: "Anything I want." I couldn't accept this as a fair answer. I really wanted to know because they had 24 hours of every single day to do what? What is lef

When you were seven years old, you might have been a Girl Scout Brownie. One of the songs they sang included the line, "Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver and the other's gold." So how do you tell a lifelong friend that, while you still love them dearly, you feel that you've grown apart, that you no longer have as much in common? This can be for several reasons: Your newly acquired friends are more accessible, like neighbors who have become friends, friends who