Dear Eight-years-old-Andrea,  Hi. I know right now you're probably busy playing with your Barbie Dolls or your Polly Pockets. Don't worry, this will not take much of your time.  When you get a little older, you'll find out that the world is a scary place. You need to get yourself ready for that. I cannot tell you what, how or why. I guess...

She’ll text you good morning and you’ll toss it aside to answer later. You’ll ask her to hangout this weekend and she would rearrange her schedule just to meet your free time. Then you cancel on her last minute.  But she won’t call out on you. She won’t get upset. She will fake a smile and say “It’s fine. There’s always another time.”...