Across
- 4. — The gift we never sugarcoat
- 7. — The site you swore off—until you started posting everything
- 8. — The month that clearly produces the best humans (you just got here first)
- 10. — What we do best — all day, every visit
- 12. — The movies you enjoyed while I hyperventilated
- 13. — The one you adore even when she drives me nuts
- 16. — What you are—in muscle, mind, and everything else
- 18. — Exactly as I am — and you still like me anyway
- 19. — The shared one we’ve been using since 9th grade
- 20. — What our kids probably describe our friendship as — and they’re right
- 22. — Because somehow, I got the better end of this deal
- 23. — What we’ve been there for—every rise and fall
- 26. — Your second miracle
- 30. — Proof that laughter ages well
- 31. — The person every secret eventually reaches (because obviously)
- 32. — The thing you keep me tethered to
- 35. — The glue no outsider will ever understand
- 37. — The sound that fills every gap between us
- 38. — The promise neither of us had to make but always kept
- 41. — Without the degree, the sofa, or the hourly rate
- 43. — Where we’ll still be talking, laughing, and forgetting why
- 45. — Your secret superpower
- 46. — Our 21st-century version of passing notes in class
- 48. — The age we were when the universe decided to glue us together
- 49. — The person I turn to for absolutely everything
- 50. — The reason I never know what time zone you’re in
- 52. — The thing you understand, match, and manage like no one else
Down
- 1. — The losses that stitched us even closer
- 2. — The hobby that made you the youngest member of the retirement club
- 3. — Where your friend who always forgets the Diet Coke lives
- 5. — The town where you insist you’re antisocial while constantly socializing
- 6. — The excuse we never actually need
- 9. — The thing you keep me tethered to
- 11. — Your natural habitat
- 14. — The thing that passes but never pulls us apart
- 15. — The bleach-blond who made your teenage heart explode
- 17. — The sanctuary you open at sunrise
- 21. — What Yoli called you when “Beth” was too advanced
- 22. — Your first miracle
- 24. — Another chapter we witnessed—breathing, cheering, crying
- 25. — The one who can hear me at my worst and laugh anyway
- 27. — The one arena where you officially left me in the dust
- 28. — What you show when I’m dramatic
- 29. — The amount of time you’re stuck with me
- 33. — Where it all started
- 34. — The thing you have so I don’t have to
- 36. — The one who will always, always, always be slightly older
- 38. — The song I loved so much, I taught it to my parrot
- 39. — The man who’s perfect — except when he’s driving you crazy
- 40. — The invisible gym partner I’ve heard *so* much about
- 41. — The thing we give each other even when it stings
- 42. — What forty-one years of showing up looks like
- 44. — When we’ve already solved the world’s problems
- 47. — The grand finale of our kid collection
- 51. — The shared escape plan that usually turns into an eating tour