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Girl Power
Okay, so maybe it’s not really “girl power,” but there is something rejuvenating about spending time with a good friend. It’s like food for the soul in many ways.
I was fortunate enough to have two such rejuvenating “girl power” moments over the past few weeks. The first was with a fellow writing buddy. We met for breakfast and gabbed over scrambled eggs and wheat toast. When it was time to go, we opted to continue our time in a bookstore across the street. For close to an hour we wandered the aisles talking about covers and authors and placement (I thought I’d died and gone to heaven…seriously). It was won-der-ful, absolutely wonderful.
The second moment came with a different friend (one I met through my eldest daughter when our girls were in kindergarten eight years ago) and was equally great. The two of us met over a treat in Panera and then went out for a pizza dinner where we talked even more (yes…dessert before dinner…isn’t that the way it’s supposed to be done?).
On both occasions I felt as if I could conquer the world when we were done, sparked by simply having some good old fashioned girl time.
Do you find that to be true in your life? What’s some recent (or favorite) girl bonding time you’ve had?
~Elizabeth Lynn
July 17th, 2009 at 7:11 am
There’s an email chain that runs the internet (I’ve seen it several times) that has a poem about keeping your girls close. I think we need that, even more than the guys need their buds. Having a girls day hooks us into who we wanted to be. We can talk about our dreams, our goals or even (gasp) our weight and what we want to be. Girl time has something that reminds me of my first friendships where anything was possible. Where I wrote a family newsletter with my cousins (and found out there wasn’t anything newsworthy in my family that wasn’t a secret.) I don’t remember myself enough.
July 24th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
We could all use some more girlfriend bonding time. It seems that we often get too busy taking care of others and the details of daily life, but neglect the things that rejuvinate ourselves. More Girl Power to ya! ;o)