The Girls

Last week my friend Tammy and I attended the long awaited opening of "Sex and the City" in theaters. We were able to go on opening night along with hundreds of other excited women. For days many news broadcasts stated they were unsure if "women alone" could make a movie a top seller. Ummmm....Yeah! I think so. At the theater we went to, every showing was sold out...women standing in line before being allowed into the theater....some dressed up to fit with the image of those NYC girls (including me!) Obviously the mall wasn't prepared for the flood of women to converge on their mall. Afterwards, all the bathroom stalls were out of toilet paper! We then went to the great little bar for appetizers and I had to have a martini (dry ice and all). The critics of this movie said it was only about sex, but for me this movie is about relationships and friendships. My favorite line from the movie for me was the counselor asking Miranda and Steve...."Do you love each other enough to put the past behind you and make this work?" Gosh, isn't that so simple yet so difficult? I have struggled with a few relationships and I have continued to hold on to my bitterness or pride and let them slip away. Did I not love that person enough to make it work? Did I want to be right more than I wanted have them in my life? I am struggling with someone very close to me right now and can see our relationship slipping away. Do I love this person enough to put the past behind us and move forward? Do I value my pride and judgment of her choices more than our relationship? It isn't easy, but I am working through it and I have to keep asking myself..."Do I love her enough to put the past behind us? Of course this has to be a two way street. For Miranda and Steve, it was meeting at the halfway point of the Brooklyn Bridge if they were willing to move forward. Where is my halfway point? Will she show up if I go? I'll keep working on it if you'll keep praying for me. Make your relationships with your family and your friends a priority. You will be rewarded.

Friendship

Today I was lucky enough to spend the day with a great friend. I realized that in August 2008 we will have known each other for 15 years. I didn't meet Tammy until my junior year in college but feel like I have known here forever. We try to get together as often as we can, usually every couple of months. But, no matter how long it has been we are always able to catch up right where we left off. We do get chances to talk on the phone (usually while one of us is driving), but getting together in person is always the best. Today we actually got together to go back to our college for a retirement reception. We were able to walk around campus together and even go up to the dorm. The smells, the atmosphere, the places all brought me back to those times. I even got a little misty. But, no matter what we do, no matter what happens, I know Tammy will always be there for me and be my friend through it all. I can really picture us as old women still getting together for drinks and talking about the "dramas" in our life and the good times. So, for my friend Tammy, Here's to you! Thanks for all the good times we have had and for the many more to come! Can't wait until the 30th! If you have a friend like this in your life, call her up and let her know how much you appreciate her!