Girlfriends

My whole life has been a parade of men.  Now for some women that means one thing but for me it simply means it has ALWAYS been easier for me to befriend a man than a woman...at least until lately.  In the past 3 years I have found great solace in having girlfriends.  What fun it is to sit with someone who completes gets your need to just chat about nothing and everything all at once.  Someone who finds humor in the oddities of life and can joke about the crazy things that cross a woman's mind during PMS.

My girlfriend collection has grown recently with some wonderful additions.  Adding to my collection of great girls a wonderful, challenging and delightful women named Shanti or "peace" has forced me to think outside my normal parameters and into a limitless world of possibility.  Another great keeper named Gina has spent hours sharing her life with me in the full richness of the "broken road" that led her to my doorstep last Thanksgiving Day.  I am eternally grateful to the boy who brought her along.  What a lifeline she is!
And then there are some who have been with me through the mud and muck of my divorce and the joy and exhilaration of my new marriage. Pam and Abbie who lit a path in the darkest nights and who without knowing saved my life are both heroines. Then who can forget my great coffee and bootcamp girls Heather and Melissa...both of whom have turned around and come back for my slow butt on numerous runs.

I guess that is the best part about all of them...they never leave me behind. They are there in the moment making the best of every situation. Making the best of me! Each is a diamond that fell out of the sky and into my pocket.  And because of them I am a very wealthy girl!  I love having girlfriends!