Finding friends at any age

Finding & pursuing those sparks of connection

Heather McLeod
Human Parts
Published in
3 min readSep 18, 2023

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(Photo by bady abbas on Unsplash.)

Last night at the pub I wrote my phone number down, to give to a man I’d just met.

I wanted to add some words to give context. What words would make it okay? I was giving my number to a married man with two little kids, in front of his drunk bachelor party friends, while my boyfriend stood beside me. At the door to…

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Heather McLeod
Human Parts

Writing about losing my young husband to cancer, grief, widowhood & this new, Plan B life. www.heathermcleod.ca https://www.buymeacoffee.com/heathermcleod