I’m not saying much here because Carine has a neat post to follow and I don’t want to steal her thunder.  What I really want to do is acknowledge how women ‘hang together’ from the time we’re tots to more & more chronolgically mature!  And I want to celebrate that fact.  I think it’s absolutely the ‘berries’ that women form strong relationships that for some - last a lifetime.  And it’s good; yes, very good!

Last week, I had a long leisurely lunch with a woman with whom I shared years before high school.  After our freshman year, she went to boarding school.  But every holiday she returned to her circle of friends at ‘home’.   Over the years, as life put it’s ‘mark’ on us all - we stayed in touch.  Not often, but time did not equal distance in this case.  The same is true for an entire group of us who traveled the hallowed halls of CHS so many years ago.  We still gather once in a while over breakfast or lunch to catch up with the latest in each other’s lives and to laugh at the memories from our ‘teenage’ days.

They are special relationships - born out of youth and settled upon the foundation of familiarity and a common ‘heritage’.  No most of us don’t do business with each other because only a handful (or less) of us are in business.  But we do check up on each other once in a while and are eager to help when help is needed.

So ‘hangin’ together is a good thing!  It’s something women do well, especially when trust has been established years ago and never been bent or broken. 

My encouragement for the day is to keep on ‘hangin’ together - for whatever the reason.  It’ll keep you young in heart and lighten the load of the day!

Have an awesome day,

Linda, a fellow journeyer