I've just returned from a girlfriend trip and the three of us had a great time. There are challenges and lots of compromises, but the laughter and fun make up for sleep disturbances and strange bathrooms. And these kinds of trips allow me to know my friends better and differently. I've known one friend since we were eight and the other for forty years. Yet I learned more about each and I also had a feeling sense of who each was right now and what was going on that was unsaid. It's a gift to have that kind of intimacy, and since both live states away, I intensely absorb what happens when we're together. How grateful I am to have such friends and how very rich they make my life.
And while I was on the trip my youngest was at a point to reveal her pregnancy, and I got to share the joy with my friends right away. Last night and this morning, after I returned home, I've been emailing other friends and family with the joyous news. So I'm a lucky lady, and don't I know it!
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