Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino Elif Shafak and for better or worse

and for better or worse is likely to continue to be an essential part of how we understand our selves

Americans of a different political viewpoint

It has an end date

earlier I used to wish for the kind of best friend who will save me and now I enjoy every day with myself

Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino Elif Shafak and for better or worseTo the Green eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldnt stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make