contents -- note from the editor -- the we of me -- two generations of non-girly girls -- not sometimes, but always -- an ode to my partner in crime -- the mother of all adventures -- who needs pink ribbons with a friend like you? -- fireflies -- air mail -- what comes true -- butt paste, bass, and beyond -- the end of the september-may romance -- collateral damage -- a voice from the future -- i'm not you, but i play you on the internet -- at-home mothers need not apply -- on exes and thin mints -- you don't know me, but you changed my life -- the lost language of lox -- plain as the nose on my face -- twenty years later -- my year as your bff -- dispatches to my salad bar savior -- was it something i said? -- something borrowed, something blue -- the last letter -- when words fail -- the mommy wars killed our friendship -- true blue -- on wings and a prayer -- what i wish i'd told you the last time i saw you -- a crime against friendship -- better than bffs -- life lessons -- watching you waste away -- in recipes and cds -- what would diane do? -- about the editor -- about the contributors -- acknowledgments.