Risotto For The Teenaged Girl’s Soul
January 23, 2012
And now… a story that will warm your heart. (Insert soft Lifetime movie music here.)
Once upon a time there was a girl named Chelsea. She was tall… 5’12″ish. She had four tall friends who were very very pretty. These friends were very special to Chelsea, the specialist of the special. They were deemed The Glamazons by Chelsea’s mother-in-law. They loved each other something fierce.
The remainder of this story will be told from the perspective of Chelsea. It just makes more sense that way.
Thursday night I had a bad dream. Dreams about Lucy are pretty common right now, but this was an especially painful one. I don’t work on Fridays so I was sitting in my comfy recliner, sort of in a funk, watching Drop Dead Diva on Netflix. Jansen had just gone down for a nap and I was feeling quite lazy.
There was a knock on my front door. People showing up at my house is unusual so I assumed it was a solicitor. Stephen is always telling me not to open the door if I’m home by myself and I don’t know who is on the other side. I looked out the window and couldn’t see anyone standing there. A knicker-knocker seemed a bit unlikely in the middle of the day, so I figured someone had to be out there. I looked again and saw someone pushed up against my front door. I couldn’t see a face but I could see that the person was tall, female, and blonde. (Tall blonde females aren’t typically daytime murderers so I wasn’t too scared… but I also knew that I was setting myself up to by reprimanded by my husband.) Then is occurred to me… I know a tall blonde female.
I opened the door and my best blog friend Lauren was standing there. Glamazon #1.
See here is the thing. Sometimes when you are in a situation like me, you are really emotional. Sometimes random things can trigger a meltdown. I saw Lauren and the second I hugged her, the waterworks came in full force. She came to surprise me and stay for the weekend. Isn’t that special?
We chatted and then went outside to play with Jansen for a while. As I was putting Jansen down for nap number two of the day, the doorbell rang. Are you kidding me? I ran over to the door so I could open it and make Rookie stop barking. It was Kelly. Glamazon #2.
I didn’t think it was completely ridiculous for her to show up. We live in the same city so I figured that Lauren gave her the heads up that she was coming and she decided to stop by for a bit. She said she could only stay a few hours. Again… I didn’t think anything fishy.
Eventually Kelly had to leave. Lauren and I dropped Jansen off with my dad so we could go out to dinner. I took her to a delicious Mongolian BBQ place by our house where we ate our weight in stir-fry, egg rolls, and rice. It was so nice to spend time with her… so nice to know how much she cared… so nice to talk about what’s been going on the past two weeks.
I asked her if she was interested in going out to get a drink. I figured I might as well take advantage of the fact that I was out without Jansen. “Or we could go to a liquor store and buy a bottle of wine…” So we did.
We got home and found our spots on the couch again.
Doorbell.
What the?
I opened the door and saw Molly standing there. Glamazon #3. OMG. I gave her a big hug and then Kelly popped back in the door. Oh lookie there you little liar!!! She had gone to pick Molly up from the airport. I felt like my heart was going to burst out of my chest!
I put Jansen down to bed (by the way, Stephen was at poker night) and we all poured ourselves a glass of wine. They told me that Lyndsey wasn’t going to make it since Saturday was her dad’s birthday. Lame. Also… lies.
There was a slight knock on the door. I looked at them and they all said, “Honestly. No idea what this one is!” I walked to the door and opened it. Lyndsey. Glamazon #4. She was technically supposed to surprise me on Saturday but she decided to surprise all of us on Friday.
Y’all, my heart was full. Bursting.
We spent the weekend developing new inside jokes, eating Kelly’s delicious homemade risotto, painting our nails, listening to 90′s music, and talking until the wee hours of the morning. Having these girls rally around me right now was something I will never EVER forget. This is what best friends are for. Times like these. Times when life gets tough and you can’t really figure out your next step, your friends show up on your doorstep and make you laugh for 48 hours to remind you how joyful life can be.
Thanks ladies. I love you to itty bitty pieces.
Now let’s all decide who we’re going to surprise next weekend!
You can probably read more about our weekend on Molly or Lauren‘s blog. I assume they are writing about it too.
Also, Ten on Tuesday will resume NEXT WEEK.
22 Comments Leave a Comment
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Southern Gal | January 23, 2012 at 6:14 am
Great job, Glamazons #1, 2 and 3! What a wonderful surprise for you, Chelsea. Looking forward to more posts and reflections from you.
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Priscilla | January 23, 2012 at 7:29 am
Balm for the soul just when you most needed it :)
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AshleyD | January 23, 2012 at 7:36 am
You have really, really wonderful friends. I’m glad y’all had a fun weekend together!
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Kathleen | January 23, 2012 at 8:48 am
That’s AMAZING. Great job girls!
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Marlena | January 23, 2012 at 9:12 am
This makes my heart happy! And P.S. I knew all about this little surprise. Molly has a big mouth. She also threatened to cut me if I dare mention anything and since I’m kinda scared to be all cut up and scarred, I obliged.
I was all kinds of Tweet stalking you Friday. :-)
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Jill | January 23, 2012 at 9:24 am
Like Marlena I was also tweet-stalking :) Happy you had a girls weekend and hopefully, some comfort. Good friends :)
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Lesley | January 23, 2012 at 10:04 am
I don’t even know you but have been following your blog (found you through a ten on tuesday link and just love your down to earth and tell it like it is style) and comment every once in a while. This post has me in tears. You have such great friends helping you through this difficult time. Hang in there, time will heal.
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Tabaitha | January 23, 2012 at 10:51 am
Your sweet surprises brought tears to my eyes! So thankful that you have these special ladies in your life!
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Alice (aka Nana) | January 23, 2012 at 12:23 pm
Woo Hoo!!! I can breath again….surprises are so fun BUT sooo difficult too! You have tremendous friends who love and care for you a great deal. I have to believe our little Lucy would be thrilled with the fun and laughter that was shared this weekend. She loved life and would want her friends to start living and loving life again. The pain will still be there but I pray the healing can begin for you now…. Hugs and more hugs!
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Kara | January 23, 2012 at 12:25 pm
I’m so ridiculously happy for you! What a wonderful surprise – I was wondering what was up when I was checking Twitter the other day. So glad your friends rallied together to put a smile on your face :)
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Brandi | January 23, 2012 at 12:38 pm
Oh Chelsea! This made me tear up! You have amazing friends.
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Laurie | January 23, 2012 at 3:54 pm
I love this story! So glad that you had an amazing weekend.
=)
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Sonya | January 23, 2012 at 3:58 pm
What amazing friends you have…a true treasure. Love this story!
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Debbie | January 23, 2012 at 5:19 pm
love this so much. sooooo happy that you have such wonderful friends that know exactly when you need some extra TLC and some quality girl time. bff’s are the best. :)
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Melissa | January 23, 2012 at 7:16 pm
Love this, and you’re so right. Exactly what friends are there for! Such a great story and glad you had a lovely weekend :)
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Molly | January 23, 2012 at 9:27 pm
i love you, I love you. I LOVE YOU!!! I miss you already.
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Molly | January 23, 2012 at 9:29 pm
PS Thanks for letting us take over your house for the weekend, Alice!!
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Cait | January 23, 2012 at 10:41 pm
That’s so fantastic!
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Roxanne and David Wanja | January 24, 2012 at 6:12 pm
ok now you have a blog stalker in me too! lol yes I teared up with this as well…what a wonderful thing your friends did for you! And yes I’m sure of it that Lucy would so approve! Laughter was what she was all about…do you know other than when she was sick I don’t think I ever saw her in a “bad” mood! and even then she was always concerned with everyone else!
thanks again for sharing!
Roxanne
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laura | January 25, 2012 at 6:57 am
What an amazing surprise from such awesome friends! I am so happy they planned that!
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abby | January 25, 2012 at 9:34 am
That is awesome! So glad you have such wonderful friends:)
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Jen | January 25, 2012 at 3:32 pm
So glad you were able to have that weekend!! I know it did your heart some good
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