What do a good bra and good friends have in common? They are supportive wommy essentials. Becoming a mom and a wommy makes you appreciate these supportive friendships even more than ever...and it forges friendships you might never have imagined before.
I have have been blessed with a wonderful network of friends, spread out across the country. These circles of friends hail from grade school, high school, college, internships and various jobs. In fact, one of the tightest groups of friends is made up of former girlfriends of my husband's friends. Did you catch that? When I started dating Ryan, I became good friends with the girlfriends of his roommates and friends. In the coming years, all of the couples broke up (except Ryan and me), but the girls all stayed close.
My company has a "Mother's Room" for those who are nursing and pumping. Who would have guessed that this small room would lead to strongly bonded friendships. In the room, there is a notebook where wommies can share milestones, challenges, funny stories, advice etc. It's kind of like a shared journal. It makes you realize that you are not alone and that what your are going through is absolutely normal. Keep in mind that most of us have never met in person. We only know each other through the notebook.
We decided to schedule a monthly wommy luncheon so that we could get together in person. The other wommies from the Mother's Room are from departments across the company that I typical would never have the chance to interact. We don't live near each other. None of us went to the same schools. We don't work in the same departments. Heck, I don't know if most of us would ever even pass each other in the hall before. Nonetheless, these ladies have now become some of my closest wommy friends.
An acquaintance of mine once said that she had enough friends and wasn't interested in making more. Can you ever truly have enough friends? The answer is no...at least in my book.
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