Comments on: On community…

By: Gina

Gina — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:34:42 +0000

HIGH HOPES Huh? Wowzers!! I need to step it up a notch…. TEASERS!! I love you Amy! You are truly one of the BEST people I have had the privilege to call “friend”.

By: sparklytosingle

sparklytosingle — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:32:44 +0000

Oh, I’m so glad you do this too! My friend Ashley and I started a girl’s night group that gets together once a month – someone from the group hosts each month, so the location rotates, and we all just bring appies and chat. We never dreamed that it would take off the way it did, but I guess we weren’t the only girls craving a group connection like this, and the core members of the group who show up each week have all become my main group of friends now and we hang out all the time, outside of girls night as well. I LOVE it and am so glad we started this idea, it has brought so much joy to my life to have developed strong friendships with these girls.

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:56:22 +0000

I am so glad you are enjoying your ladies nights! Wish I could be there! Connecting to a kind and spunky soul such as yourself has made my “community” much brighter! )

By: Madeline

Madeline — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:29:45 +0000

Love it- I couldn’t agree more with anything and I’m SOOO excited about our new group, too! It’s really an outlet for me and gets me excited for meeting new girlfriends!
And yeah, put yourself out there- it’s hard, but you get what you give and it’s worth it in the end.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:28:03 +0000

Oops… acquaintances
Ok. I’m done now.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:26:08 +0000

I should also mention that I didn’t even know all of these women to begin with. It was an “invite a friend” kind of thing. Or I just knew them as acquaintences, originally.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:25:20 +0000

Yep, yep! I have a group of 52 girls (and of course, not all of them can always show up to each event)who are part of my “Women Who Dine” club. Each person (or a pair) takes turns hosting whatever kind of dinner party they like. The host or hosts take care of the entree and everyone else brings the sides and drinks. It’s been a smash hit! Evite has been great for this! Feel free to snag that idea and help strengthen the sisterhood!

By: Ari

Ari — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:50:08 +0000

I’ve (we’ve) done the same thing here – we meet at least once a month for dinner and drinks, no boys and no excessive text messaging. We talk and check on each other through out the week. Its nice. For me, my community was always friends (through church), but we scattered after high school graduation, and I’ve been longing for that feeling again. I’m glad that you’ve found it too.