Belonging is important. We can say we can survive on our own. But loneliness isn't part of the human condition. As I sat tonight surrounded by some of the coolest women I have ever known, I felt something. Belonging. There is the matriarch, not because she is the oldest but because she is the toughest. Street smart. The ones surrounding her, educated and wise from experience. And me. Educated and street smart. Street smart and educated.
As we sat, shared stories, bitched, moaned......we laughed. We laughed hard. We howled at the stories of life. We griped about the injustices of the world. We listened to Little Johnny jokes and filled our flat tummies with decadent foods.
Tonight felt good.
Tomorrow, I am going to post some flash creative nonfiction. That is, if I am not up to my ears in doctoral work!
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