As we are gearing up for another Mamma's/Diva boat cruise on July 10th, I find myself immersed in the idea of how amazing women are. It is not just about us letting loose and having a good time it is about celebrating women. I have come to an age where I am comfortable in my own skin though it is loose in spots I wish at times were tighter...especially when I sneeze or laugh or cough LOL. I still have weight to lose, there is still work to be done but I am proud of the wrinkles, the grey hair, the stretch marks, I am a work in progress, and so it should be, regardless I am finally understanding that the women I have become is a person I like. The women I choose to surround myself with are beautiful, vivacious, incredible, strong and loving women who I am proud to call my friends. We are all busy women with our hands in so many things yet we choose to partake in whatever manner we can to an evening that promises greatness. It not only allows us a well deserved, long overdue night out but the most quintisential beauty of it is that we are helping other people. People in our community who are mother's like us who if the roles were reversed would be doing the same thing. Strong incredible families who have been handed an unfathomable hand that they did not choose and have been thrown into. These families live in our towns, their children go to our school's, they are a part of us...doing something like this is all we know, all we know to feel useful, all we know so we don't just idly stand by and this is the only way we know to show that we care and that they are not alone....and a girl's night out never hurt anyone.