Separating from your best friend can feel heartbreaking. Especially when they just get you at a cellular level in a way that no one else can. And even though the distance changes, the fact remains the same: A best friend is a different kind of home entirely, one that reveals itself to be more miraculous with the passing of time. They listen to you, show up, and see you at your most complicated self without flinching. For our November 2022 #HomeIssue, author @goodtalkthanks explores the grief that overtook her when her best friend moved away—and how they continue to support each other from afar. “There’s no contract you sign with your best friend that you’ll stay together forever, until death do you part” she writes. “There’s just this daily fact of loving each other and showing up.” Read the full story at the link in bio and tag your best friends below. — Artwork by: @lisbethfirmin