By Marie Southard Ospina When I was expecting my eldest daughter, and even through the first year after her birth, I was adamant about not needing any new friends. My partner, in-laws, the parenting blogs I read, and my own mother all seemed to preach the importance of becoming friends with other moms, but I was resolved not to allow having a kid to "change my life." It seemed to me that if I actively worked toward making new pals, I'd be abandoning my old, child-free ones [...]