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Girlfriends For The Win
So tell me. Would you go on a vacation with 3 other women that you’d never met in person?
I did. And it was one of the best experiences of my life.
I knew these amazing ladies from an online community of Disney lovers. We chatted about all things Disney. We were friendly, but not necessarily friends — yet. We lived far away from each other. I was in Arizona. One of the ladies was in Canada. One in the northeast, and one in Texas.
It was February 2017. There were several people we collectively knew that had gone to Walt Disney World for the Princess Half Marathon Weekend to run the races. We were all watching them post, and we all came up with the same idea around the same time — how fun it would be if WE trained and went the following year?
The seed was planted, and from then on, everything magically fell into place.
We created our own private Facebook group so we could talk, plan, and get to know each other better. We all started training. Some of us more than others (and, if you’re wondering, I’m in the “other” category). We talked about shoes. We talked about costumes for the races. And our friendships blossomed. We ventured from talking about our trip to more personal things. We laughed, cried, and commiserated with each other.
