In the Community of Women

On Monday the 8th,  Chris and I went to Katie and Gloria's house for soup and fun.  Let's talk about the soup:

There was a veggie-black bean that was delish, to be sure, but the other...some name I can't pronounce or remember, but boy do I remember that beautiful soup.  It was a hearty, curry-flavored, chicken soup. It was gorgeous.  Thick with loads of chicken that sat at the bottom just waiting for you to stir it up; swimming in a saffron-yellow broth with fresh spinach leaves floating on the top.  This was served over jasmine rice boiled in coconut milk.  The combination was pure bliss.  The soup had a kick but not too much, just enough to make your nose run. A week or so later and I am still thinking about this glorious soup.  I wonder how I can use the coconut rice now?

After soup, this party of women sat down for a rousing game -- a take on the Newly-wed Game.  Chris and I were a team.  For a while we were in the lead.  A common answer for us was: Sarah Pallin.  IE:  Who is the new Wicked Witch of the West?  Sarah Pallin!  There were lots of laughs and jokes with occasional diversions into stories and jokes. 

I found myself shaking my head in amazement.  There is nothing better than a group of women together.  Whether that group is two over coffee or 15 over soup and games --- there is nothing like it.  A group of women is a group of interesting, nurturing, funny people.  There is immediate acceptance and interest in each other.  It is a secret society with only one requirement: gender.  Even the dogs were female and were front and center of all the excitement; gradually going from woman to woman for pats and massages; often taking time to sit at a woman's feet or in my case under my legs. 

When the game ended (Chris and I tied for last) and the party began to break up, I was sorry to see it end. We drove home laughing as we recounted moments from the evening and a little disappointed that this was the last 'soup-night' of the year.  But, what fun it was!