What binds people together in friendship?   Is it common interests, education, or shared love of local sport teams?   Is it simple proximity to one another in a neighborhood or shared experiences in school?   I really want you to think long and hard about that question.   Is the friendship a consequence of mutual goals working together to achieve those goals?   I am sure that if you looked across the spectrum of your life you would discover people you considered “friends” that drifted in - and out - of your life.   There are some that have been there through thick and thin while others drifted away - so much so that one day you realized…they are gone.   So what happens when a movie challenges the notion of why you call somebody “friend” - you end up with a murder mystery called The Glass Onion:  A Knives Out Mystery.  A group of friends are summoned by a clue box to attend a murder mystery dinner on a private island owned by - you guessed it - the wealthiest friend in the group.  But

 The relationships of parents and children can be a complicated affair - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, fathers and daughters, mothers and sons.  In the midst of a family, confined to the walls of a home, you would think that communication would be a fairly easy endeavor.  And yet, we all know it is quite contrary.  In fact, these critical relationships are often thrashed by what we do not say - and by not communicating what we really feel.  Maybe this is why pets are so critical in the life of a family.  A family dog is often that one soul who loves you simply because you are you .   Today Netflix released a movie that takes a very deep dive into the world of under-communicated family relationships in the movie Dog Gone .  Based on a true story, a young college graduate - Fielding - is lost on the trail of life.  He feels pity from his friends and disappointment from his parents.  His only unconditional love and solace is found in his adopted dog, Gonker.  To make matters w