I graduated University more than 16 years ago? Gulp. I'm getting old.
Every year my old roomies and I get together at my place for what is now a long standing tradition of catch up, gossip and what's up.
I'm proud of us for keeping in touch.
We have seen each other through:
boyfriends
heartache
marriages
career choices and changes
babies
cancer
pain
joy
fear
death of parents
we may not be physically close, but when it counts, we are there.
Each year we celebrate.
We laugh until our sides hurt.
We confide.
We cry.
We also eat and drink.
The food, in a word, is ridiculous.
Why is it a grown woman will eat to the point of feeling sick?
I am certain that as I lounged around the pool just nibbling, I consumed as many calories as a linebacker before the big game!
I ate cheeses and dips, seafood's and chocolates, chips and cakes.
And I do not apologize. It was glorious.
I loved every second.
I'm thankful fate (or residence assignment) brought these three intelligent, beautiful, caring and sensitive women into my life.
I will tell my daughters...boyfriends will come and go, but if you find a good friend, a true friend, you have found a gift. Girlfriends are forever.
Can't wait until next year so I can once again embrace the gluttony.
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44 comments:
Oh, I just love this post. So delightful! What fun! Thank you so much for your comment today. It was so sweet and you totally made my day : )
Hope your week is blissful!
A few good girlfriends are worth their weight in gold.
Three cheers for great friends. I actually made mine after college. But they are there for everything.
It's too bad you can only get together once a year.
Mmmmm, gluttony! I appreciate my girlfriends more and more the older I get :)
Cheers to great friends! Sounds like a perfect, glutton filled weekend!
Good friends are good for the soul. It sounds like you had a fabulous time! It kills me that none of my dearest friends live close, but I see a few of them at least every other month and the others at least once a year. It always refreshes my spirit. Thanks for the blog award! I will post it soon! Have a beautiful, blessed day!
This is the good kind iof gluttony - the gluttony of friendship!
"Anthing rocks" if it's once a year. I eat and I wear it.
I guess it's better if I wear lettuce and tomatoes, than french fries. Oh Baby, supersize that!
Secretia
Good friends are such a blessing to have. I only get to see mine about once a year as well. And we pretty much do the same thing. ladybugmamaof2.blogspot.com
i love this post. i feel so blessed that i also have friends who are there when i need them.
That is wonderful. There is nothing like girlfriends. They always have your back!
Friends and food are two of my favorite things. I loved hearing about what you ate, I miss that kind of food! Chinese food everyday gets old soooo fast.
Yay for lifetime friends!
There is nothing better than good, old friends. Thye know everything about you. No explantation needed. Don't know what I would do without them!
How awesome you are still so close to your college roomies. Glad you could enjoy some girlfriend time and indulge a bit.
Every girl needs good girlfriends!!
So glad you had a nice time.
We did matching posts....cool :)
Our girlfriends sustain us. I am so looking forward to my girls weekend in October w/some college buddies. I've got rooms booked first in Santa Barbara, then Santa Monica. Whoot!!
Oh, they sound like fabulous friends. And, eating some yummy food is a great reason to eat until you are sick.
That sounds absolutely wonderful. FOOD and FRIENDS are the greatest combination together, ever. I'm so glad you had a great time and ate so well!
Your best friends always have your back. They will drop everything and drive/fly across the country to be by your side. They will cry/laugh with you on the phone when it's too late at night to talk with anyone else. I have one friend like that, just one. You are blessed 3 times over. Could you pass me one of those brownies please? xo
That is great you had such wonderful friends to hang out with. Great advise also.
beautifully said - chicks over, well, you know
How do I join this girlfriend club of yours? I don't really have that....yours sounds great!! Hold tight to them!
I can't believe you all manage to pull off a get together every year. That's most impressive and gluttonous.
I agree! I don't know where I would be today with out the girls I have in my life!
Life long friends are the best. I feel fortunate that I made some in college too. Enjoy the food and friends without guilt.
How sweet!!
"I will tell my daughters...boyfriends will come and go, but if you find a good friend, a true friend, you have found a gift. Girlfriends are forever."
I love this line. So true!
Soooooo true about the friends! I have definitely learned who my true friends are throughout the years.
I think that is absolutely awesome! A real life sisterhood of the traveling pants! good girlfriends add something to your life you will never find elsewhere.
How wonderful to have such good friends.
What a sweet post! Makes me miss my girls! I need to call them!
I love this post! Nothing can compare to your best girlfriends! Thanks for putting into words how lucky we are to have friendships we can cherish!
The gluttony is part of the fun. I'm definitely one to eat until there is literally not an inch of space left. Nothing like good times with girlfriends.
It's so hard to find some real, true girlfriends! And isn't it crazy how much you go through together?
Great advice. I have friends from all periods in my life. Some since I was 5, some from high school, college and adulthood.
My childhood friends have definitely kept me grounded.
wonderful post... and so true!!
You're so lucky to have each other. What a bond!
Great post!
Hugs!
So nice to have that group. It is wonderful and bittersweet that life has to change from college fun to real adult issues and drama, but it's life. And it's easier to deal with and enjoy with great friends.
Great Friends are priceless!!!
It's true that girl friends are forever. And as for the food thing...it should be no other way. :)
Getting old is only in our mind.
Age never prevented people from doing things:
http://www.whatwasdone.com/
There's 4 of us who get together every so often to just catch up... it's literally just like the old days and I never want it to end...
The gluttony is worth it. Once a year isn't bad if your not counting, Christmas, Thanksgiving & all the other hoildays that we eat all we can. There's nothing like a real friend.
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