I have friends, but “friends” is not all they are. I have family. Family with different blood than mine. Family with different names and skin and tongues. I have mentors. Mentors that value me enough to share the most sacred thing that someone can share, which is their knowledge. I have teammates. Powerful men and women who see my success as their own and want to enable me. I have confidantes. Vaults of trust that stand willing to share my burdens. I may have friends, but I have a whole lot more, too.