Q&A with Cathie Beck discussion

A: I miss the “psychic connection,” the knowing we understand each other even before we’ve spoken. I’m very lucky in that I’ve managed to accumulate decades-old friendships and more recently made new friends. But Denise and I could, truly, glance at each other across the wide expanse of a Costco warehouse—and know, in detail, exactly what the other was thinking. And then burst out laughing at the same time. I’ve never had that exact, symbiotic, unexplainable connection with any friend before or after her.

I don’t approach new friendships any differently as a result of Denise. Each friendship is its own entity. I do, however, try to be open to new relationships and remember how much delight and potentially devilish fun there is in them. You can’t force stuff, you know?