My house was full of girls last night.
I was the lone Y chromosome until Simon the dog who lives downstairs took pity on me and came to stand by my side.
We were pitifully outnumbered.
The girls were of all ages and experiences. Goddess, who can be a bitch, quickly took their side on pretty much everything!
You live with a dog all these years, and its just you and her and think you know her, but ... she's a girl! And the Lady of the House. I finally conceded that this really her party.
I did the cooking, bar-b-que chicken and a special request for "one" rib.
Now in the Bible, God ribbed a rib out of Adam so that Eve could be made. This is one of the many reasons that I think God is a woman.
"Come here Adam! I want to show you something ... RIP!!!! HAHAHAHAHA"
Adam's left there agonizing in pain until he wakes up and sees ... Eve.
Then he feels other things and ... all is right again in the Garden of Eden.
I think the request for one rib was a symbolic reminder of this. So I mostly stayed in the kitchen while they took over everything else!!
There were games, serious talks and funny ones, art made, gifts passed, and of course chocolate was involved.
At one point I was in the kitchen watching seven girls and a dog named Goddess enjoying one another. They are all part of my family and every single one of them is managing change and life's transitions. The younger ones are growing up. The grown up ones are learning what it's like to be grown up ... things don't have to stay the same.
We said "I Do", then we signed "I Don't" and we swore we'd never do that again.
It's a line from a dated song that nobody listens to anymore from the 1980s. A country music song of all things. I remember listening to it when it first came out. I was young, having babies, starting out, beginning the growing up process (though many question if I ever really started).
And I never in a million years thought that things would turn out as they have. Or that I am where I'm at right now. Or that I'm doing the things I'm doing.
Or ... that my house is chalk full of girls of every age and background ... including a dog ... and we all love one another passionately. And we're all holding one another hands as we ... get through all of these changes ... and become who we are actually meant to be anyway.
I come out of the trance of these thoughts to find a little girl is sitting on poor Simon's back. He needs help.
I grab my rib ... and dive in!
