Girlfriends

This is girlfriends day.



From midnight last night, I'm talking to one of the girls. It's already past ten and I'm just waiting for my other girlfriend to log on to chat. Definitely girlfriends' day.



Sometimes, people think they live simple lives. A nice, boring, steady life that isn't worthy of front page news. But as I listened to the everyday stories of my girlfriends, I began to wonder if this is really so. On the outside, we all look the same. We all act and we can assume that we are the same. Ordinary individuals, leading ordinary lives.



But we all have stories to tell. I have my own, and my girlfriends certainly have stories that can be made into a soap opera or a telenovela. Mine can't. I am not comfortable crying. Or being sad all the time. Mine will have to be a talk show. Probably like Oprah's. Wouldn't that be great! Everything I do, every emotion I feel, announced to the whole world in some big, dramatic, theatrical way. That is definitely my show.



I'm digressing. As usual.



I can't tell their stories right here, for I am bound to secrecy, and really, I don't really want to shock you all by my girlfriends' secret lives. Just a few things to take with me from all this girl talk...



...Be our own best girl friend.



...No regrets. No guilt trips.



...Look back, but always move forward.



...Seize every moment to be happy.



...In confusion, look for ways to have it all.



...In doubt, retrospection is key.



...In love, we always, always, choose to be.



I take note, because who knows, maybe someday these will be lifesavers.