Man I miss Orlando 2011!

I am quite certain words cannot describe what I felt and experienced this weekend. Talk about a support group! Now that some of you know me pretty well my blogging and ehem "adjectives" will make more sense.

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I have 101 things I could blog on today but we will keep it simple.

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For the ladies that are headed to the midwest retreat that read this blog I want you to know a few things that I miss about my Orlando Soul Sisters.

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I miss your faces. I miss the scream singing hoping you will wake me up to chat, I miss the climbing over bodies on the floor to get to bed, I miss getting lost and not panicking about it, I miss the tip toeing around like kids, I miss the divas hulla hooping in highheels :), I miss the long talks, I miss the hugs and sincerity that were endless when someone broke down, I miss the laughs, the compassion, the touch, the true feelings I saw, the gigglefests that lasted forever, I miss being surrounded by people that "got it" and "got me"........and yes I miss the raccoons and armadillos. For the record they are not friendly....some of us learned the hard way :)

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I seriously felt a part of my heart breaking when I left. For the ones that I left it in their hand....Take care of it it can be fragile.

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It took a lot for some of us to venture to a place we did not know, meet people we did not know and risk letting other people in to see the real us. WOW! We are all hypocrites! Go ahead and say it with me...I AM A HYPOCRITE! We would never in a million years let our kids meet people online and get on a plane and travel hours and hours to stay with these strangers! We are some crazy women and I love it! I am so blessed that we all made the jump.

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You are all amazing and I hope you know that. I did not meet one mom this weekend that I could not relate too. Some of you are holding so much. You are my heros, my friends, my soul. My wish for you is that you see yourself the way we see you. If you could understand what we see when we look at you....simply breathtaking.

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And seriously can someone explain to me why I still can't look Christine or Corey in the face when they speak to me? All I can do is giggle and try and not look like a fool! I can't call them without psyching myself up first and then trying to pass the phone to someone else to make the call! I "thought" I was a grown up! They are such little deities in our world! (much, much love for you two!)