Girls Day Out!

Robbie Vaclaw, Cindy Wasemiller and I have been friends for 25 years! All of my Bartlesville memories are tied to these two women. We have 16 kids between us---Robbie having half of them!! We fell into each others lives as naturally as our kids fell into each others lives----instantly drawn to each other, knowing at once we would be the best of friends and always in each others lives! We've gone from preschool to being grandparents and our memories just keep racking up! Sadly, I think we see each other less now, when we're really suppose to have "all this free time" than we did when all our kids were little! Cindy took charge this week ( which is SO unlike her--ha-ha!) and decided we needed a "Girls Day Out"! We have talked about all the cute little towns around B'Ville and how we only drive thru them on the way to someplace else and never really get to stop and see all those cute little shops and home town restaurants we pass by, so we decided to head to Pawhuska and check it out! We had SO MUCH FUN!! We found some really cute little shops, bought new wallets, candles, stuff for grandkids and a few things for ourselves! Pawhuska has a Catholic church that is kinda famous for it's beautiful stained glass windows! We stopped at the rectory to inquire about seeing inside since the doors to the church were locked and were given the KEY to the church and told to just bring it back when we were done! This is typical life in small town Oklahoma and it's what I treaure more than anything about living here! It was so beautiful inside---- really, really beautiful ! It is a church primarily attended by Osage Indians and their beautiful influence is everywhere combined with an alter that looks like it could have come from Rome. I could have stayed there for hours and just sat in the peace and beauty of it. I will always remember it. I know there are far more elaborate churches in the world ---but for me---this church was perfect.
Thanks Robbie and Cindy, my homies, my peeps, my sistas, my besties-----I love you guys!