Family Relationship Status - It's Complicated

Dear Readers,

I met one of my best friends in Bolivar, Missouri. We met the first week of our freshman year in college. Some time later, as single women in St. Louis, we shared a few apartments. She introduced me to my husband, and I went to the same church as hers. Now, our girls are forging their own friendship. We've known one another a long time, and…