Heart-to-heart
It’s my best friend’s birthday on 4 th April when she will turn 63. Lots has been written by many women over many years about the value of friendships with other women. I couldn’t better anything else written before. I’ve known my best friend since our children were little. But we didn’t hook up until about 15 years ago. Since then we have shared many ‘heart-to-hearts’ over coffee and the occasional glass (or bottle) of wine! Our most recent heart-to-heart, during the Coronavirus social distancing rules, was at our local beach where we walked, sat on the sand, and each opened our own flask of coffee while we chatted – two metres apart. The sun shone, the waves crashed, dog walkers passed us, and we had a good old chin wag. We moaned about things that were annoying us (other people’s attitudes and unkindness during this crisis; trying to keep husbands amused while they are at a loss on how to fill their time - I kid you not); we shared amusi...