You've got a friend in me...sometimes

I woke up thinking about an interview I saw with Brene Brown a few months back and stumbled across this article. Actually, it's like it found me. 

An excerpt: 
When we're looking for compassion, we need someone who is deeply rooted, is able to bend and, most of all, embraces us for our strengths and struggles. We need to honor our struggle by sharing it with someone who has earned the right to hear it. When we're looking for compassion, it's about connecting with the right person at the right time about the right issue. 

Read more: http://www.oprah.com/spirit/brene-brown-how-to-conquer-shame-friends-who-matter#ixzz4esxbPpFq

This is for Leah

I wrote a post earlier today but ran out of time before I could decide what I was really trying to say. Of course, now the day is nearly over and surprise, no post. I would have just let it slide but my friend Leah called me out. So here is a picture of us on a giant chair in Little Italy, NYC in 2002. Leah's the one holding the Corona.