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First Best Friend Stories: Angela's Corinza and Listener Letters
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Angela Kinsey introduces the episode's first-best-friend segment by describing Corinza, who she met in Indonesia before she could even remember — their mothers played tennis together, and there is no childhood memory from that era without her [1] — Angela Kinsey "Angela Kinsey met her first best friend Corinza as a toddler in Indonesia, where their mothers played tennis together. There is not a singl…" 24:41 . Corinza is now a middle school librarian in Austin and they still text regularly. Two listener letters follow: Alana D. from Pittsburgh whose childhood friend Cassie flew in to support her on her breast cancer diagnosis day and mastectomy recovery; and Carly B. from Newark, Texas, whose best friend London has her husband saving his wife's caller ID as 'light of my wife' and who smears food on her own clothing whenever Carly spills on herself in solidarity. Both letters underscore that great friendships survive relocation and life upheaval.
Angela Kinsey's first best friend, Corinza, was met when Angela was a toddler in Indonesia; there is no memory of her childhood in that period without her.
Angela Kinsey met her first best friend Corinza as a toddler in Indonesia, where their mothers played tennis together. There is not a single childhood memory from that era that doesn't include Corinza. Today, Corinza is a middle school librarian in Austin and they still text and check in regularly.
Jenna Fischer had two childhood best friends — Beth and Lauren — both of whom moved away suddenly, leaving her without a close friend for years. She describes getting 'a best friend for each season of her life' until Angela came along as the one who stuck. The pattern of loss likely shaped how hard she invests in adult friendships.
