The author and friends cheer up a friend with a broken foot: from left, Claire Prudhomme, Kathy Rhoads, Peggy Prichard, Jenny Kapolnek, Randi Lundstedt and Kathy Plecki. To pitch a ‘My Turn’ guest column, email [email protected] .
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Sign up for our daily newsletter here Where would we be without friends to share life’s ups and downs? I personally can’t imagine not having the “girlfriend brigade” to call upon when words of encouragement are needed or there’s good news to share. Is it any wonder that the ladies’ lunch hasn’t lost its timeless appeal? There are many sub-categories to the ladies’ lunch: The birthday or anniversary celebrations, the “catch-up” gatherings, the long coffees that spill over into lunch hour, the scheduled stay-connected groups and the career-girl lunches. There are even lunch-hour book clubs.
The book-club lunch — reading optional One of the book clubs I belong to meets once a month for lunch and discussion. When last month’s meeting popped up on my calendar, I had a dilemma. I hadn’t read the book but was really looking forward to seeing everyone.
I felt like a high school student who’d skipped the reading assignment — which is ironic, because our discussion leader is a retired English teacher. I showed up anyway. Turns out, I wasn’t the only one who could.
