I am having so many warm and fuzzy feelings about the main character making a best friend. The description that's provided for her experience could bring me to tears, I swear.

For those that grew up in a strict or abusive household, you know how important those childhood friends were. Going to their house and it becoming your safe space, the place you learned who you wanted to be and gained all these new skills to be self sufficient. This holds such a dear place in my heart and the way it is described in this story feels so very real to me. Granted, I had a very different upbringing than the main character here, but through time and differing paths, this still holds true.