what happens when the friend who’s been beside you through every version of your life suddenly enters a season neither of you saw coming? jo and bess have been friends for more than 10 years, through broken engagements, couch sleeping eras, marriages, babies and more versions of themselves than either of them can probably count - and now, they’re walking through breast cancer. this week, bess joins the group chat to talk about her diagnosis, double mastectomy and reconstruction, but also about friendship and what it really means to show up for someone you love when there’s absolutely nothing you can do to fix what they’re going through.
when you’ve been friends with someone long enough, you don’t just know one version of them. you’ve watched each other fall apart, start over, fall in love, get married, become moms and somehow become entirely different people while still remaining the same two girls underneath it all.
jo and bess have been doing exactly that for more than a decade and this year brought a season neither of them expected.
bess opens up about what it’s been like navigating breast cancer, the decisions that came with it, and the parts of the experience nobody really prepares you for - but some of the biggest parts of this conversation aren’t really about cancer at all.
they’re about friendship, showing up, what people actually need when life gets hard, and why sometimes the most helpful thing we can do is stop trying to fix everything.
also, bess needs everyone’s opinion about her boobs, so obviously we handled the important issues too 😂