Silver Lining

One of the best parts of MY 2014 was joining one of those secret all-female Facebook groups.  As a result, I have befriended masses of the most delicious women you can imagine.  Thousands, on a daily basis, convene in multiple conversations on this FB page that cover everything you can imagine.  And I do mean everything.  Every. Thing.  (Yes, what you are thinking right now, we covered that too!) These women are .... amazing. All ages, sizes, sexual and religious orientations, and from every corner of the United States and beyond.  The rules are simple.  Be kind and connect in the understanding that we are all different and rejoice in what a blessing that can be.

Over time, these women would connect and "clique up", forming sub groups and spin-offs from those sub groups.  While I am still a member of the "mother" group, I spend more of my time in these smaller circles that I have been (willingly) roped into.  As a result, many of the (literally) DOZENS have become "real life" friends - like THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THE DEAD BODY kind of friends. Like life long friends I have in my immediate "real life"circle, these women have become some of my favorite people. I doubt there has been a day in the last year that one of them has not warmed me with her sunshine, laughter and conversation. These daily communications are as real and as rich as meeting a friend for coffee and I am here to tell you, they reward my day and caulk the bricks of my life with their sweet friendships.

So....while 2014 was a brutally humiliating  bitch that I'm more than happy to see gone, I know that I got to walk away with a handful of treasures.  These sweet women are a few of them.