“Mom Tribe” is a term that is thrown around a lot these days and means different things to different people. I actually remember the first time I heard “tribe” used to describe a group of friends of someone I knew but I didn’t think much about it at the time. I didn’t really understand it […]
Friendships. I really needed them this past year. Rather it was a new friendship or one that has stood the test of time, I found myself leaning in on my people. My lifelines. I’ve always been a gal who needs friends to help get me through the day. It feels better when I have […]
There are many female friendship groups portrayed in movies and books. We have the ladies of Sex in the City clothed in high fashion and steamy romps. The solidarity and devotion of the girls on The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. The fierceness of Charlie’s Angels. But none of these quite transcend the big screen […]
Lately, I feel like I am failing at being a good friend. I do not know if this feeling of inadequacy about my adult friendships was brought on by the complexities of life in 2020 {you know, a global pandemic} or if this is just what happens as we age and move and are at different […]
This “new normal.” It’s wearing and exhausting. The racial tension and the desperation for change in our country feels endless. What the world needs now:: more friendship, more love and support and more reasons to smile. Friendship According to The Golden Girls I found all that in The Golden Girls. I’ve been watching a lot […]
After having my second baby in 2016, I distinctly remember a feeling I had that was so incredibly different the second time around. We would introduce people to our little boy, or speak with someone on the phone and the questions would come up… “How’s the baby?” “How is he sleeping?” But very rarely, and […]
When was your last meaningful instance of human connection? When was the last time you actually spoke to somebody on the phone instead of a text? When did you last have a meaningful conversation where you spoke into the phone, the other person responded and you continued this back and forth banter for some time? […]
August 1 is National Girlfriends Day:: a day set aside to celebrate the joy of female friendship. Who knew this was a thing? I’ll be very honest; I never knew there was a day that celebrated friendships – girl friendships, until I agreed to write this blog post. Now, I think National Girlfriends Day should […]
The other day, I had an astonishing realization. Since moving to Houston in July 2017, I have made many more older female friends. I don’t know if this is a side effect of being a trophy wife available during the day or what, but at 45 and with young kids {and youthful personality, I hope}, I […]
I sat on the rickety porch steps outside of the Girl Scout cottage, waiting for my daughter Abby and her troop to finish their meeting. Through the small window in the front of the house, I could see Abby and her friends sitting together on the tattered rug, their animated voices carried out, and they […]
