Who are your favorite people to be around?
I don’t have very many friends, and that can feel really lonely sometimes, but I do have two people in my life that I really treasure.
One of them is my friend Carol Anne. I know she has her own best friend and I’m “just” a very good friend to her, but in my mind she is my best friend, and I really cherish our friendship. We email and talk, and I love that I can be completely myself with her. She is the kind of friend I want in my life: she listens, she cares, and she doesn’t make me feel like too much.
The other important person is my chosen mom, Cat. She is everything I would want in a mom: she listens to me, she isn’t judgmental, and she accepts me exactly as I am. She doesn’t make everything all about herself, but shares and takes in a really equal way, which makes me feel safe and loved.
Both Cat and Carol Anne are exactly the kind of people I want around me, and even though my circle is small, I treasure them so much and wish I had more friends like them because they make me feel seen and valued.
Kelly Dawn 
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