(Note – This article has been revised as of 14 July 2025 to reflect updated event status.) One of the things we’ve tried to do over the past 17 years is to celebrate those who have given of themselves to BEST and to our community. We’ve embraced these superheroes as family and shared their stories. (more…)
“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.” We can’t say enough YES to this beautiful definition of friendship.
Thank you BEST friends for making our souls blossom! 🌸 Happy Hearts Day! 💗
(Editor’s note: Isaac Peterson wrote this personal essay April 25, 2019. It’s a beautiful and powerful tribute to his friend, Gary. Isaac has updated the article with some news and additional thoughts about his beloved friend. Read on. Thank you, Isaac for sharing Gary with us. KT). Let me tell you about my special (more…)
BEST friends 🧡: Thanks for all of your “you, too?” moments, paired with your shared support, understanding, and care. Our friendship makes THE difference today and every day.  Â
(Editor’s note: Writer, BEST guest blog contributor, and stroke survivor, Isaac Peterson, shares his memories and feelings for a beloved friend, while also coping with survivor’s guilt, as she copes with progressing dementia, in his latest personal essay. KT) Back in 2004, I was chosen to be one of 15 journalists being sent to (more…)