Girl Posse

When the kids were smaller, back when we got the Disney Channel, we watched a show called "Kim Possible." As a mom, I have honed my powers to tune out kid-shows, but this one, I actually enjoyed. Kim, you see, could do anything. She fought against all sorts of injustices, AND wore the cutest outfits, a girl after my own heart. In one episode, her partner Ron said, "Yo, KP, we got your back." And that, ladies and gentlemen was my inspiration for this little blog today.

It's nice to know that no matter what, someones "got your back." My husband certainly does, all my friends do really, but today I want to focus on the group I call my girl posse. (I don't know who originally came up with that moniker, but it stuck, and now we all use it...and that's posse with an "o" for you wise-crackers out there.)

I cherish all my friends. But there is a little group-inside-a-group that I know I can go to in times of need. They are my party-planning committee. They are my advisory council. They are my grief counselors. They are my spiritual guides.
And I hope I am all those things, right back at 'em!

I won't single each of them out; suffice it to say, that we are a varied group: Some of us are older, some younger, some married, some still waiting for Mr. Right (or Mr. Right Now), some here, some...sadly...there. But we formed a bond somehow.

Men, I think, have it a bit easier when it comes to making friends. Women can be so catty and jealous, that we often get in our own way. So when you find "your girls," the ones that will always be there for you, well, my friend, that's an amazing gift. I think that's why I loved Sex and the City so much (not for the sex, although that's a little like saying you read Playboy for the articles, but for the example of true friendship): At the core of that show was this beautiful bond between these four strong women, through careers, marriages, babies...the power of their love for each other was the driving force in their lives.

So here's to my girl posse: I love each one of you. Thanks for always having my back. With friends like you, I feel like "Wendy Possible."