Losing a friend isn't a smaller grief. It's just a quieter one.
Nobody sends a card. Nobody asks how you're holding up. I've lost friendships for almost every reason there is, and I got tired of pretending it didn't count. This is where I write it down.
Because of chronic illness/health
How My Illness Changed a Twenty Year Friendship
A twenty year friendship survived a health scare, but it never looked the same again.
Because they wouldn't take their medication
The Friend Who Wouldn't Take Her Medication
Forty years of friendship, unraveling in real time because of an illness she won't treat.
Growing apart naturally
We Just Grew Apart. That's Still a Loss.
No fight, no big event, just two people who slowly stopped being close.
No closure
When It Just Ends and Nobody Says Why
A friendship that just stopped, with no fight and no explanation, ever.
Because of their spouse
The Friendship Their Spouse Ended
The friendship didn't die on its own — the person they married had a lot to do with it.