What We Taught Each Other

“What is one thing you have learned from me — not the big life lesson, the small, specific one — that you still use or think about?”

“Which of my phrases has colonised your vocabulary?”

“What quality in me do you think I still underestimate?”

“How have I changed your taste — for better or worse?”

“What have you learned from watching me go through something hard — without me ever meaning to teach it?”

“What standard of mine has rubbed off on you?”

“In what way are you braver, calmer or kinder because of me? Pick one, and prove it.”

“What has this friendship taught you about friendship itself?”

“What have you quietly stolen from the way I parent, work or love?”

“What's the worst advice I ever gave you? Log it lovingly, for posterity.”

“What have you changed your mind about over the years — partly because of me?”

“What has being my friend taught you about being yourself?”