Age of Empathy
Published in

Age of Empathy

When Your Best Friend’s Dad Dies

Loss, empathy, and other complicated emotions

I’ve been best friends with Lynette since fourth grade, when our parents arranged for us to go to church summer camp together. She was a year (and a grade) older than me, but our parents worked it out with the camp to put us in the same fifth-grade cabin.

--

--

We publish high-quality personal essays, humor essays, and writer interviews. Our goal is to provide a place for experienced writers to share authentic stories and connect with others, collectively celebrating a common passion, striving toward an age of empathy.

Get the Medium app

A button that says 'Download on the App Store', and if clicked it will lead you to the iOS App store
A button that says 'Get it on, Google Play', and if clicked it will lead you to the Google Play store
Tina L. Smith

Writer, humorist, animal lover, lifelong language geek (er, I proofread for fun). I write on diverse topics that catch my fancy. Everything but haiku(tm). [she]