connection

Although my best friend and I have always been close, it’s been hard to keep that connection or relationship since she moved to New York City. We text each other often, but sometimes I think our connection—the thing that made us such good friends—is going away. I’m glad there is a train with a connection or link from my town to New York City so it will be easy to see her once school is out. By joining her in her new city, I hope to keep our connection strong since she’s always been a really good friend.

Quiz: Try again! What is a connection?

• It is something that drives two people apart for quite some time.
• It is something that joins two things or people together.
• It is something that people often wish for but only sometimes get.

• “We wanted to make sure they felt safe and welcome in an environment that really restored their connection to learning, sense of belonging, sense of community on campus,” Salazar said. — Los Angeles Times
• Johnny wanted to stop—tell that fellow—that Rab—of his great connections, but decided to wait until he was sure of his welcome into the Lyte family. — Esther Hoskins Forbes, American writer, from _Johnny Tremain_