Besties For Life
Girlfriends, Besties, BFF’s…whatever you want to call them, aren’t they just the best!
A girlfriend is there for you no matter what, to lend an ear to listen, a shoulder to lean on and even to kick your butt when you need it when life throws lemons at you. Time and distance can keep you apart. Face it life gets in the way at times, but you know that girlfriend bond is so special when you can pick up where you left off even if years have gone by between chats.
Best Friends
And it doesn’t matter the duration of the visit or chat. An hour chat on the phone, or a quick half hour walk in the neighbourhood, it just rejuvenates the soul, makes you happy and makes memories.
One of my closest besties is a woman I worked retail with. We would end up working Friday nights til close, we called it our “Friday Night Gig.” The mall would be quiet so we could crank up the music and dance around doing our chores of rearranging and cleaning shoe displays. Every once in a while a customer might wander in and join us for a quick move or two before we would get back to the business of selling shoes. Funny isn’t it the memories we hold on to, but that’s what girlfriends do…supply one with endless laughs and memories.
I have some girlfriends that I’ve known since kindergarten that I’ve reconnected with through social media and it was great to catch up. Sometimes wondering how our guardian angels were able to keep up with us and keep us out of trouble…lol
I also have a girlfriend that I meet up with once a year to photograph a peony garden. Another social media connection, I actual went to high school with her husband. At first we got together to photograph the beautiful peony gardens and chatted in between shots. Now quite a few years later we still get together to shoot, but it’s more for a catch up chat and we drag the cameras along on our walk. Topics include family, pets and now that we are north of 60, all our old lady ailments and that list gets longer each visit! Which just makes for more laughs! But we both feel better after our visit and keep in touch on social media.
And now it seems adventures aren’t so big, and they don’t have to be, but they are just as much fun. It’s all about time spent together. For example…my bestie texted the other day, “Do you want to go to Costco and after that we could check out that new fancy pants grocery store that just opened up in town?” My reply…insert sarcasm here….”Oh boy, do I!!! Two old broads on the lose! Whoohoo!! Look out world!!”
So you see it doesn’t take much to call an outing with a girlfriend an adventure!
Straight Shooters
And a nod to the girlfriends that tell it like it is, no sugar coating. The straight shooters. I had a dear friend…since passed on. We would get out together with our cameras and chat and shoot. Now that she’s gone…every first snow I go down to the water where the bittersweet grows to have a chat with her. We had so many wonderful trips out with our cameras and the bittersweet plant was one of her favourites. It still brings a smile and a tear when I think of her. Freezing our butts and fingers off to get the perfect shot….LOL
I complained to her once…the guy I was with at the time, kept bringing bake shop things home. I said to her…”How am I suppose to lose weight when he brings this stuff home?” Her reply without missing a beat…”No one is forcing you to eat it!” Well I guess you’re right!
Like I said, she was a straight shooter and I loved that about her. I only knew her a few years, we met at the photography club in town. But it felt like we had known each other for ever. I have that same feeling now for the woman I call my closest bestie. Whether we are checking out new grocery stores or getting lost in the woods on one of our walks, or having a girl’s night out dinner with chocolate martinis…we enjoy our time together laughing and making memories.
Life Experience Wisdom
*Hug your friends and keep them close.
*They are there for you so be sure to be there for them.
*You can dodge life lemons together and make some amazing cocktails!
*Laugh, have fun, make memories
Cheer til next time!
Grace
My Motto
When life throws baseball size lemons at you, that smack you upside the head, stomp on those damn things and make yourself a cocktail!