In pretty much all facets of life, I always believe quality is more important than quantity. It is fairly common to have surface-level friendships, but I want substance and meaning. Even if that means having 5 friends instead of 50, at least they would be amazing ones. I have a lot of friends, but they are all quality human beings, and add quality to my life. None probably more so than my soul sisters.
These are the girlfriends I met in college, outside of my sorority. We all were brought together in a random way, which proves to me even more that we were meant to be. None of us grew up with biological sisters so we always say that bringing us together was God's way of giving us the sisters we never had. It is rare to have a friendship that runs so deep where you truly feel you're connected in your soul, that you are truly sisters. It is even more rare to have this with a group of 5 women. {let's be honest -- women don't always get along with one another..}
For the record, we call ourselves CAMM (the first letter of each of our first names) and T-CAMM (when we are joined by the 5th member who now lives out of state). We most recently coined the term CAMMtastic because..I mean, why wouldn't we!? We even hash tagged it (of course!)
T-CAMM in a picture taken at least 5 years ago, I think.
My girls and I have been through a lot together since meeting in college -- cross-country moves & cross-country visits, heartache & weddings. We've been emotionally separated and built back up. When it isn't possible to frequently see one another, we rely on group texts where we share an inspirational quote, a funny story, or vent the day's frustrations. Where would I be without these girls, I wouldn't want to know.
A few weeks ago, 4 of us planned on going to a concert -- girl's night & live music, what could be better?!? The concert was cancelled at the last minute. It was a Monday night, we all had our own lists of mundane things we could do, but we decided to still get together and have an impromptu "Wine Your Art Out" night at Creative Art Studio, which is owned by one of the members of CAMM. Let's just say at first it seemed unfortunate that the concert was cancelled but it turned out to be a way better night at CAS then anything else we could have planned.
We conversed over pizza & wine and then got to work on painting. Anna's an amazing teacher and very patient -- she let us each do our own painting rather than all working on the same one, which is the way a typical WYAO operates. Let me just say, this was a perfect way to end a Monday and start off the rest of our week. (By the way, if this sounds like a creative escape you'd like to enjoy with your friends, you can host your own private WYAO, too).
Here's a photo of us with our finished pieces of art:
Several months ago the 4 of us picked a weekend in November that we wanted to do a girls' getaway. Last weekend came upon us suddenly & we didn't even book our hotel until Tuesday! All we knew was that we were all free and we were going to be together. We road tripped to Pittsburgh, ate amazing food and shopped till we dropped. There's something about discovering hidden gem restaurants in a new city, making a place your own and not knowing anyone but the girls you are with that is just so freeing. We laughed SO hard, we shopped for 8 hours and still were getting along at the end of it, we made our suite into a throwback dorm room of getting ready, dancing to music and enjoying pre-dinner cocktails.
Having SO much fun in the hotel suite
On the drive we talked about life and babies (A & M are married, babies are next!) This trip was when it really hit me that oh my gosh we are getting older, life is changing. Ordinarily, I think there would be a panic that would set in. You always hear that as people get married, and then after they have kids, they drift away and settle into a new world with other married parents. But we're CAMM, we're soul sisters for life. I'm not going to be forgotten friend Meghan, I'm going to be Auntie Meghan. And maybe girls' weekends will be fewer and farther between, or maybe they'll turn into girls' weekend plus hubbies and babies but they will happen, and they will be full of wonderful memories.
I cherish these girls and our moments together and I'm looking forward to experiencing what the future holds. It's going to be CAMMtastic.
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