Friendships can be complicated, beautiful, challenging, deeply loving — and sometimes, they simply change.

In this Mini Monday, Tanya reflects on the friendships that have shaped her life: the ones that grew with her, the ones she had to let go of, and the ones that taught her something along the way.

She opens up about friendship breakups, growing apart, and one particularly meaningful friendship that ended with a beautifully honest goodbye. A reminder that not every friendship is meant to last forever — and that doesn’t make it any less meaningful.

Sometimes people are in our lives for a reason, a season, or a time. And instead of mourning what ended, we can be grateful for what that friendship brought into our lives.

Tanya also shares how friendships evolve as we grow, why our closest relationships often reflect the work we’re doing on ourselves, and why — as we get older — time becomes one of the most valuable things we have.

Here’s to the friendships that shaped us, the ones we cherish today, and the people we haven’t met yet.