What’s so special about a “ Girls' Night Out?” Well, actually nothing when you compare it to a “girls” week away . There is something that happens when a group of women share an extended amount of time together under a single roof (or for this matter, in a 5 bedroom condominium). When you see someone in their “morning” best, without make-up, before their first cup of coffee, an instant bond occurs, mainly because they have seen you in the same fashion. There’s a code of honor amongst us girls – it’s no different than “What happens in Vegas…” Every year we have the opportunity to spend 4-5 days of unscheduled existence with 8-10 other women. We share rooms, and sometimes, even beds. We share bathrooms, clothes, and even the food on our plates. Our one obvious commonality continues to be love of tennis . With very few exceptions, we all play tennis together and are bonded as a team. I might add, a competitive team , but certainly not as cohesive until we became bonded as ' g...
Everyone goes through "stages" or "chapters' in their lives, whether its wanting to move out of the city and buy a farm, or learn to roller blade and lose those unwanted pounds, or join a book club or bridge club and become more "rounded", or sign up for that design class you were always sorry you didn't pursue. Sometimes these stages present themselves without effort and we consider it "meant to be". And yet sometimes it just HAS to be...