Divas in the Desert
On a cold, rainy, and gray day in a cold and rainy capital city, I slipped into a glittering new shopping mall to taste a specific Bulgarian dish I had wanted to try before leaving Sofia. The plan for the day had been to take a day trip to the Rila Monastery, a spot so mystical that many Bulgarians consider it the spiritual home of all Bulgarian people. Too rainy, too wet.
As I walked by the movie theatre, I realized "Sex and the City 2" was out! A big girl's night out for Prague expats was planned by the Internations social media site and I was going to miss it. My daughters and I had dressed up to the nines for the premiere of "The Devil Wears Prada." It would have been fun to join "the ladies" and dress up for SATC2 premiere night in Prague.
I love being spontaneous and seeing a movie at the last minute. Seriously, as a single parent, being spontaneous was so out-of-the question, I no longer thought of myself as spontaneous. If you're in the last years of raising children, comfort yourself with the thought that even if they leave, you will soon be free to do whatever the heck you want. It feels great.
I was never more proud to be an American woman than when I sat in that matinee with five other Bulgarian ladies waiting out the rain. Besides being enormous fun, the film is so moving, I found myself tearing up at several spots during the movie. It was all I could do to restrain myself from a raised fist of joy and solidarity! That just wouldn't do though, would it? The SATC gals would be more likely to support each other with air-kisses.
"Sex and the City 2" is a love letter from American women to all of the females on the planet. I'm so proud of my culture for sending out this glorious message of empowerment and pleasure in being a woman. What's exciting is that someday the women of the world will all be writing us back! What an exciting time to be alive and watch the changes that happen as half the people on the planet wake up and realize their possibilities.
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