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