Beginnings....

To blog or not to blog

It all started with a book. Not just any old book but a limited edition, award winning, book. Now when I say limited edition I mean extremely limited. This book was printed for an exclusive audience of four. However, due to its critical acclaim and multiple awards, the book found its way to our friends and families. (Did I mention that the awards were fictional and that I made them up myself?) The response was overwhelming, and out of that chaos came some good advise. Start a blog. Well here we are - Thank you Sarah!

STOP – Maybe that was not the beginning. The Momadonnas started much earlier than that. The book was just the culmination of our efforts thus far (don’t worry we are always adding more). The real beginning for us was motherhood. Something about having children changes everything. We were lucky. Although we didn’t know each other yet, we were able to coordinate not only the births of our first child (to within a one-year period), but also their sex. We each had a daughter. The girls are all the same age. They are all in the same grade at school. They even had the same kindergarten teacher. Of course, back then we had no idea what they had lead us into. Ahh kids, if we would have known then what we know now… well we still would have done it the same wouldn’t we.

Finding friends is easy when you think about it, but in reality it is much harder. We each walked in and out of each other’s lives multiple times before we really figured it out. As the 9 year olds say “it took like forever” (At 9 forever is anything over 1 hour.) Thank goodness we survived those trying times, and what got us through these difficulties, distinctive personalities and wine did.

Our Ringleader and Bitch were the funniest. They met for the second time in Kindergarten (yep second time – and no this kindergarten is the one their kids went to not the one they themselves did. Pretend they are all grown up now). When they ran into each other at the school they both stopped dead in their tracks. I’m sure it was a sight to see. Mouths ajar and eyes twitching they gave each other a thorough stair down. Most people would find this uncomfortable but being true Momadonnas to the core, they didn’t mind one bit. You see we Momadonnas do so love attention…in fact I think you should be staring at us right now. Hmmm I know I have a picture here someplace. Anyway, soon one or the other said “I know you” and it turns out they were right, they did. Not only did they know each other but they had hung out together all summer long when they were like 14 or something. As if the fifteen years between had never passed they fell right back into step.

What this has taught us is once you become friends with someone it will come back to haunt you. Ok it’s also a good way to make friends. Not only does it give you a foundation to build on, but any trouble you caused back in the day will give you something to talk about now. With our girls that was a lot of talking!

The next permanent member of the Momadonnas came about six months later. It was the Professional. She taught us another way to make friends… a common interest. In this case it was wine. Wine is indeed the common denominator. In the Momadonnas Declaration of Wine Dependence we say: in wine all things are equal (or will be after a few glasses). The impressive part about when The Professional met the Momadonnas is that it was at the Kindergarten’s graduation party and no wine was present. The girls were just chatting when wine tasting came up. I am very grateful it did. It goes to prove that sometimes a small peaceful little conversation will lead you to something more. Something bigger. Their conversation led them to a dinner date (with wine) and that in turn led to a lifetime friendship.

Finally after several close encounters Punk joined the Momadonnas on Halloween. I could not have asked for a better day for her induction. Halloween suits her perfectly. She was out trick or treating with the minions when she ran into another mother doing the same. What she did not know is this other mother was Bitch. Bitch noticing the minions knew each other decided to size the opportunity and asked Punk to join her in the festivities. This suited the minions just fine. They figured this would give them an opportunity to finalize their diabolical plans to rule the world. The girls ALL enjoyed the evening and next thing you know they were all hanging out all the time. Thus the Momadonnas were born!