Wednesday, April 21, 2010

4 Dolla Hooka's


This past weekend, I had the privilege of having my very favorite women in world around me for four solid days. There was food, drink, stories and much laughter. On Monday when I had the opportunity to reflect on the weekend, I asked my sister and my mom what they thought the common thread was between all of us women, aged 75 to 20. The answer - strength.

Take for example my mom. She is three weeks shy of her 75 birthday and the oldest "queen" in this bunch. She raised four kids, none of which have committed a serious crime, stayed married to my dad for 50 years, was by his side when he passed and as hard as it has been, she's learned to flourish after his passing.

Then there's 36Oldsgal. A single mom at 17 who lied about her age to get a job at the phone company so she could provide for her family. She retired after a million years with Bell South, married a guy we all love, has a beautiful house that has no mortgage and works at a liquor store so she has "pocket money".

Enter EC, my oldest and dearest friend. We were geographically close for one year and friends for a lifetime. She joined the Army, served in Desert Storm, came home and married the man of her early dreams only to be betrayed by him. She has buried her mom, works for Nassau County in NY and last year bought her first house by herself.

Diva, she's a 35 year old mother of two. She raised her 10 year old son by herself for the first five years of his life. She met a great guy, had a little girl then had the presence of mind to toss her 39 year old hubby in the car last year when he experienced a heart attack in the middle of the night.

Vampgal, well if you read my blog, you know she's my sister. She escaped a marriage to a drug addict at 25, graduated from college at 39, her husband died unexpectedly last year and she allows my mom to live with her when she's in town.

Bebe, well she's from Alabama. Enough said.

Daughter #1, a senior this year at UGA who is working her way through college and earning extra dollars with a photography business.

Daughter #2 became a mom at 16 and for the past three and one half years, has devoted her life to the world's sweetest little boy.

Do you see the pattern? These are the strongest women I know and I make it a point to spend as much quality time as I can with them - together or separately. They make me laugh, comfort me when I cry, curse with me through the aging process and encourage me when I cannot go another day. We may be as cheap as a 4 dolla hooka, but we are as strong as love that binds us together.

4 comments:

  1. Yeah your lucky to have great women in your life. I wish i were that lucky.

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  2. *tear* There is nothing like friends, right?! There's an old Whoodini song that I doubt you've ever heard, but it goes something like this: "Friends. How many of us have them? Friends - ones we can depend on." The truth is that not many of us have them. You're lucky. Me, too.

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  3. You're the best! Love you!! We are all alike aren't we? Bunch of tough broads!!

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