The Wolfpack

This past weekend I had a girls’ trip with my high school friends, a group we lovingly (and hilariously) call The Wolfpack. Some of us have been friends since diapers, and slowly but surely, through junior high and high school, we became inseparable. We were in the same classes, played sports together, and spent nearly every weekend at each other’s houses.

But like life does, time pulled us in different directions. After graduation, the space between us grew - different cities, jobs, marriages, kids, and all the chaos that comes with growing up. Until a few years ago, when we decided enough was enough and made a promise to have an annual girls’ get-together.

This year felt a little extra special. Maybe it’s because it was a true moms getaway (no kids... except little Elaynee, who was the perfect addition). Maybe it’s because we actually rented a cozy cabin instead of just meeting up in our hometown. Or maybe it’s because I asked everyone to make a PowerPoint of what’s been going on in their lives for the past couple of years.

I know... a PowerPoint, are we in corporate life? But hear me out.

With social media, it’s become so easy to just answer “not much” when someone asks what’s new. We scroll, we double-tap, we comment, but we don’t really talk. I wanted us to slow down and take the time to really celebrate what’s happening in each other’s lives - the big wins, the small moments, the heartbreaks, and the quiet joys.

We laughed until we cried, we went down memory lane, we had some hard conversations and truth bombs but the kind that come only when you’re surrounded by people who have known you through every version of yourself.

It’s been 12 years since we graduated high school (how?!), and yet when we’re together, it feels like no time has passed at all. The same energy, the same chaos, the same unfiltered joy.

To say I miss these ladies is an understatement. I’m the furthest away from home (just three hours), but sometimes it feels like an ocean. When I do go back, it’s usually for family reasons, and I don’t always get to see them. But this trip reminded me how much I need these friendships.

Life gets busy, but the people who have known you the longest, the ones who’ve seen your awkward phases, your heartbreaks, your wins... they’re the ones who keep you grounded.

Here's to the kind of friendships that time can stretch, but never break. I love you all endlessly.

– CC 🖤