West coast friends

I would very remiss if I did not meniton the wonderful women I have met here on the west coast. I will name them again, not in a particular order...... Rita, Shirley and Marge..... Rita is a pharmacist that worked with my husband, Shirley is a woman I met while cruising and Marge is a relative of another colleague of my husbands. Rita came to my aid when my husband was critically ill, I called her a 6:45 am on Fathers Day 2008 and she was at the hospital in 15 minutes ... oh, she arrived with no shoes on...! That's a friend... She stayed with me for over 16 hours... I oh so appreciated her.... I hope she knows just how much! Shirley is my cruising friend and we just love to talk! Shirley is an expert cake decorator.... and she knows her stuff! Her knowledge has walked me patiently through my trials and tribulations as I went back to cake decorating class after 35 years.. Her patients has proven to be unimaginable ... especially when I call her in a panic! She always has the answers! She has a dog named Bobby, Shirley and I love dogs.... we talk about our boys all the time. Auntie Marge, well she is just a real character... I first met her when we took an oil painting class together... I think we laughed more that day over silly things..... Marge and I clicked.... we love wine, food and shopping... She lives in Fairfield, California very near Napa Valley....

All of the afore mentioned women are of differnt ages, but they too, like my Longfellow gals, have been an important part of my life...!

I did not want anyone to think that I would forget them.... and all they have done for me ....

I have found that women no matter where we live, have so very much in common....and it gives me hope and reassuance that we ALL are really very very much alike... we may look differnt, sound different, but we are all feeling the same things at one time or another. We need other women to talk to.... Without each other, I know we would be less fulfilled...!

So, I want to reach out to as many people as possible... It is vital to our very being that we talk about life and its ups and downs..!

PS.. I spoke with my friend Penny today, she had Girls weekend this past weekend... She told me how much fun the girls had including herself.... Penny and her friends get together twice a year just for a girls weekend... How I envy them....! Penny made me laugh out loud...

I will close for now, dinner will be on the table tonight by 9:30... Pharmacist work crazy hours... Thanks for reading and please write if you can.....

Bye for now... Liz