Girls Weekend-Retreat

Girls Weekend

This past weekend we had a "Girls Weekend". There was 6 of us we went to my cabin up north for some R and R. We had only 2 rules there was to be no talk of work/jobs or discussion of men/husbands or former husbands. There was no agenda of activities. The day and evenings where open to come and go do the things each one of us enjoyed.

Some of the actives we did was swimming, golfing, hiking, biking, miniature golf, bingo, dancing, drive in movies or just sit back have a glass of wine and read a good book. There was even discussion of faith and religion. Many paired of and did activities together. In the evening we had great discussions around the bon fire. Tried to solve many problems of the world. Reconnected as good friends. A few of us where scolded (myself included) for not staying connected or in communications with others.

I was soon forgiven, but looking back it was true I had lost contact with a couple of my friends. Mostly because of the controlling marriage I had been in. My ex husband had isolated me from these friends that are dear and wonderful people.

We have a span of over 20 plus years together. We had lived on the same street together, and some of us had worked together. We had been there over the years to watch our children grow, go off to college get married and the enjoyment of grandchildren. 2 of us had gone through a divorce, 1 had remarried, while others suffered and survived cancer. You might call us another version of "desperate housewives."
4 of us have lost our own mothers and we realized we are now the generation we had always envisioned our parents at. We all had empty nest homes. This was a good time in our lives we felt young vibrant. We laughed so much that we had tears of joy, there where giggles, humor, and good debates on different subjects.

When you get 6 women together there is always going to be room for good discussions. We each have our own opinions. And we all discovered many of us had change our opinions from what we believed 20 years ago.

All in all this was a great weekend and bonding. We reconnected as women, mothers, grandmothers and most of ALL GOOD FRIENDS