The post I would have written Saturday, had I been near a computer:

I love this group of women. We see each other all together once a year for this retreat weekend. Some of them I see *only* on this one weekend (some have moved out of the area since we started our annual get-away). But I feel right at home with all of them. We come, we share where we are with no holds barred, and this group - they listen. They just listen and hug and commiserate and congratulate and most of all, they care.

(Here my writing veered off into stuff I won't be sharing publically since it involved things told in confidence. That is another aspect that I love about this group - we don't gossip.)