Best Friends Forever

Terrible, Thanks For Asking

• Episode: Best Friends Forever
• Website: Terrible, Thanks For Asking
• Feed URL: https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/terrible-thanks-for-asking/itunes/rss
• Duration: 00:33:12
• Published: 2017-09-25 14:35

America has a garbage attitude toward grief — we know this. Bereavement leave generally means you get 2-3 business days to mourn a partner, a child, a parent, a sibling.

But what about when your very best friend in the world dies? What then? When the funeral is over and the casseroles have been eaten, how do you reckon with an irreplaceable friendship?

These are some of the questions Janya is forced to ask herself after the death of her very best friend, Michele.

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