Keeping Me Real

When life is changing faster than you can hope to comfortably—or gracefully—keep up with, it's good to know that if you are ever at a cocktail party and are heard to complain, "Well, we'd been standing around in our ski boots all morning, and it was exhausting," a good, true friend will smile and repeat your words back to you s-l-o-w-l-y and dramatically with a twinkle in his eye.

And as you double over laughing, you will know that the people you love have your back, and you're going to be okay.