Last weekend I had the privilege of getting on the Amtrak and heading to Chicago for the weekend with 9 of my classmates I graduated from 8th grade with. I moved away then but came back in the area last year. As I got settled after a while, I began to reconnect with a few of them so suggested a dinner together. It blossomed into a girls weekend in the city and since we all turned 60 this year we decided to call it our Still Sexy at 60.party. Little did I realize what an awesome weekend was in store for us. When we met at the station, there were a few I had not seen for 45 years so it was a happy reunion along with the excitement of the time ahead. One of our group bought us all pink boas to wear which really assisted us in keeping track of each other anywhere we went as well as being the topic of conversation as people wanted to know what the occasion was. (There was also a trail of pink feathers wherever we went). For some of us who hadn't been together for a long time - we became closer as we shared our lives, good & bad times and how we got where we are today. We shopped a while at Macy's, went to a play that was excellent - Million Dollar Quartet. After that we had a crazy cab ride to Maggione's where as we waited for our table, sat around a piano bar and listened and sang to some favorite songs. Meal & company was great, but we all congregated to one of the girls rooms for a chat session - we left those young childhood years and shared where our older lives had taken us and what we have learned and still learning about life. It also made us very aware that life is very short and we all know that we were making some very cherished memories that might not ever come again. Plans for next year are already in the works - the pink boas will be stored and used again. Thanks to all my girlfriends who shared this time with me - we will never be the same and will treasure our time together. PS:: Chicago will never be the same either!!! Every time I hear the train whistle now it brings a smile!
