The Man Cave

What would I do without my girlfriends?  God has blessed me with so many.  Wonderful, caring, generous, compassionate, forgiving, tender, amazing, inspirational women.  I love how my one friend, Jennifer, put it - you need a lot of girlfriends, like you need a lot of shoes. One to fit each adventure in life.  The shopper, the movie goer, the late night texter, the wise one - for advice, the silly one who will sing at the top of their lungs (off key) with you in the car.  The one who will sit and cry with you.  The one who will come in, no invitation needed, and rescue you when you're down.

What a gift...girlfriends.  Especially those who share the same phase of life with you.  And this particular group...that I recently saw...all have kids similar in age, we all have at least one boy (if not all boys), we all love to laugh. Actually, when I'm with them my voice is usually hoarse the next day from laughing SO hard.  We all love great food, great wine, and great company.  The conversation is thick, inspiring, then can turn to silly on a dime.  LOVE.  Its healing.  To just check out.

Check out from the moment we wake up - giving to others.  Food, clothes, diapers, needs, nurturing, loving, molding and shaping.  Supporting.  So once every other month (if we can coordinate schedules), we get together.  Usually on a Monday since the restaurants are slower, easier to get into.  We sit.  We do nothing for anyone else.  We eat at our own pace.  We usually start the dinner rush and close the place down.

This particular night, however, we went to a special place.  One of my friends' husband is part owner of the building the restaurant was in.  He has a plush 'man cave' upstairs.  The 'man cave' that our husbands have used several times prior.  It was meant to be invaded by women.  ; )

So after we closed the restaurant, we decided we weren't ready, just yet, to go home.  We took turns putting our iphones on the music doc and sang, danced and laughed our way all the way to 2am.  It was fantastic.  I have not been that silly since high school.  Just good, clean, fun.  We took silly photos.  I even have a video that I keep on my phone and watch when I need a good laugh...of all of us dancing around the pool table and hooting like a pack of wolves.  Too much.

So here's to girlfriends.  I'm so thankful God has placed so many special ones in my life.