How Friends Are The Family You Choose

Do your friends make you crazy or confident?

Elaine Hilides
Publishous
Published in
5 min readMay 5, 2024

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Two girls sitting in a hammock
Photo by 🇸🇮 Janko Ferlič on Unsplash

When my daughters were small, I had a group of friends, mainly met at the school gate. I thought I’d be friends with them forever.

We were unbelievably close.

We met for coffee, wine and endless discussions about our lives, partners and dreams.

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Elaine Hilides
Publishous

I can help you go from anxious to peaceful. Wellbeing coach for over a decade. Author, and International speaker, lives by the sea. elainehilides.com