The most supportive friends come through life's most difficult obstacles. They are the ones who help us weather the storm. Karen Karbo says, “Most of us would prefer to think that we love our friends because of who they are, not because of how they support us. This sounds vaguely narcissistic, and yet studies back it up. She was just another co-worker. However, after our bosses divorced, our most trusted colleague moved away and another returned to her drug addiction, Yvette was the only one I could count on. Together we became an unbreakable team. We could manage the front office without any defects. As our friendship grew, we became even more supportive of each other, if one slacked off, the other stepped up and made sure the task was accomplished. We would stop answering the phone and taking care of a difficult customer. From time to time we would go out for drinks to de-stress from work. We had just started taking our girls on play dates and going out on weekends. One evening, my mother called me to let me know that she had made other plans for the following night and that I needed to find another arrangement for my daughter. Most evenings I rely on my mother to watch my daughter so I can get to class, and when she is unable to, my sister steps in.