Instead, she is brutally honest in a whole new way.

We started this life together.

My husband didnt get it (Im told many husbands didnt), but I found myself tearing up.

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One observed that not since America FerrerasBarbiemonologue has an onscreen speech shook women thusly.

I love how astute my friends are.

Laurie left us in shambles for reasons as complex as female friendship itself.

Were crying because she articulated feelings that women carry but dont often examine.

Just bearing witness to them felt like a gift.

But Laurie brought the group down to earth.

This is especially true when you feel as lost and left-out as Laurie did throughout the season.

And I think, hopefully, about the ways friends can and do evolve all the time.

At the friends final dinner, Laurie changes everything bygoing there.

We should all be Lauries.