Repost:
So as you know my computer is brokity, broke, broke :( sad!
While it is broken, I am taking advantage of a little blogging vacay
& well one in real life too!
This post is from a couple of months ago
but thought I would repost.... because...
I am with these fabulous girls on our once a year outing!
We are in San Francisco....
For a WHOLE week!
Wednesday was the usual Wordless Wednesday!
Or was it?...
Do you know why I posted those pictures of the same group of girls in particular?
Let me first start of by saying, these ladies are SO, so important to me!
I have grown very close to this group of girls over the years. I was blessed or cursed whichever way you see it, to grow up in a small town. I have always seen it as blessed! My parents were both born and raised in Newton, NC. In the hundred years combined that they have lived in the area, they have met many people (generations back because of there parents, and grand parents, and so on). Both My mom & dad are very involved in our community. With my mom being a school teacher for 30+ years, & my dad being a business man who served on many charity organizations they know everyone (this general term includes everyone, and their brothers, and their cousins, and all their dirty gossip as well.)
Where am I going with this post? I have always looked at the small town I grew up in with two sets of "goggles" if you will.... My friends were my friends because my parents interacted with there parents at some time or another. I could look at the situation and be frustrated that I was placed in the lives of these ladies & their families, but I don't! I feel blessed & feel as if my parents started me on the right pathway to finding friends for a lifetime.
My girl friends attended my church, my elementary, middle, & highschool, my dance classes, the sports teams I was on, etc. Two of the girls in my pictures from yesterday have been my best friends since long before we knew the meaning of "best friends". We have even had the little silly slogans over the year to prove what good friends we were in that time in life!
These girls were in my first dance recital, attended my first sleepovers, celebrated each birthday over the years, cheered on my cheer squad, were juniorettes with me... Do you get it? I could go on and on and on! I will spare you with all of the joyous moments we have spent as friends.
There have been times when our friendships have not been so pleasant. We have squabbled over the years. At the end of the day though I would never trade these two girls in the world!
The funny thing is... the other girls in the picture I didn't know from Adam?
Who is Adam? Where does Adam live?
You see the three of us have all done a lot of growing over the years.... When it was time to go to college the three of us picked different universities. All three in different towns, with very different feels. We started a little tradition way back when.... a tradition that no one would have thought would last long after we graduated college. Each year we picked a different spot & had what we called "Women's retreat". We each brought our roomates/ or best friends from our new towns & got together for serious girl time! It was at our yearly Women's retreat that I met a couple of the other girls in my picture... and each year it just keeps growing.
Just as our group grows.... so does our friendship! Sometimes it is the only week out of the year we see each other. We are all SO BUSY & not to mention live on the other ends of the world now that we are adults with families and full time jobs. Wouldn't that seem like we would be a little skiddish when we reunited, it is just the opposite.
These women are wonderful. They were placed in my life for a particular reason! They are friends I didn't choose for myself... & their friends came along with the package. I give credit to my parents for showing us at a very young age how to create a life-long bond in each other... no matter our current situations. On a higher note... I thank god everyday that I have these women in my life. I know I will never have a day as long as we are living on this earth that I will not consider them to be the best of friends!
I posted their pictures for "Wordless Wednesdays" as a reminder. A reminder of the past & what's to come! Without even a word said.... I smile the biggest smile knowing that I have been blessed.
I am so ready...for Women's Retreat 2010!
In March, we will be visiting San Francisco for a week & I am counting down the days!
I miss you girls on a daily basis & look forward to another week full
of wonderful memories as Girl Friends.
xo.
WR '05
