Homegirls: The Role of Grace in Friendships with Women, Femmes, and Mothers

WYHST: Read this when your mom friend cancels again.

Recently, someone dear to me said I had failed them as a friend. I wasn’t available enough, responsive enough, or showing up in a way that made them feel cared for enough. For weeks afterward, I centered our conflict in my journal practice and therapy sessions because, like many of us, I lived most of my life measuring my value by how happy I made other…