Girls’ Time is Important

We all have busy lives, no matter what we fill them with. There’s a house to take care of, a marriage to tend to, kids to raise, a job or school (or both). Add in the other stuff, the day-to-day humdrum tasks that seem to fill up the rest of our waking hours, and it’s easy to see how we forget Girls’ Time.

Girls' Time. Yes, it is that Important.-1
Anya, Rachel, and Corrie – together again.
What? You ask. How did I forget that?
What you forgot was to take care of yourself. You need to nurture your dreams, your individuality, your very self. If you can’t take care of you, who’s going to? When you want to be silly and stupid and cry over The Princess Bride, when you want to order a really good meal that you know your husband wouldn’t appreciate (because it’s just not that important to him), when you want to meet up with your high school friends that you’ve known forever…
Do it.
Let your husband (or the grandparents) take care of the kids for the weekend, day, or afternoon. Take some time to do what you like to do.
Museum?
Drag racing?
Fancy tea?
Whatever. Save up for it and treat yourself!
Beignets
You don’t have to pick New Orleans, but if you do, the beignets and coffee at the Cafe du Monde is a must do. Several times.

I did this with some high school friends in May. We planned it, worked our lives around it, and before we knew it, we were in our little apartment (thanks, Airbnb) on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

Did we go crazy? Not really.

Did we spend a lot of time enjoying each other, catching up on our lives, and eating fabulous food in amazing restaurants? Absolutely.

Will we do it again? Every year, if I have anything to do with it.

There is something magical that happens when you allow yourself to separate from your every day existence, learn to let things go ,and let yourself enjoy the world around you. There’s true freedom, there’s a chance to explore things the way you did when you were a child. It opens the senses and makes you more appreciative, both of what you have in front of you at that moment and what you return to when you go home.

What this trip meant to me is something that I have a difficult time explaining. It was bonding, it was beauty, it was sharing. It was a total recharge of the batteries and a filling of the love tanks. It was absolutely necessary.

Only in New Orleans.
What would you do? What trip or outing (or afternoon off) would you plan and with whom? Someone that you don’t see every day or someone you do? Use your imagination.
In the end the details don’t matter all that much. Just go out and do it. Plan it. Love yourself enough to give yourself the gift of time.
What will you do? How will you nurture your relationships and fill your love tank? Share with us!
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