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Celebrating Female Friendships: Gifting HER Self-care for GALentine's Day

Celebrating Female Friendships: Gifting HER Self-care for GALentine's Day

Tips on how to celebrate today's special holiday, honoring the strongest, most inspiring women in our lives. Happy Galentine's Day and thanks, Leslie Knope!

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Years ago, the brilliant Leslie Knope, Deputy director of the Parks & Recreation Department in Pawnee, Indiana, gifted the women of the world a special holiday to be celebrated every 13th of February.

“What’s GALentine’s Day? Oh, it’s only the BEST DAY OF THE YEAR.”

- Leslie Knope (but sing it like Retta)

It’s Galentine’s Day - an entire day dedicated to women honoring and celebrating female friendships - the deepest bonds that strengthen us and each other.

Since Season Two of Parks & Rec, women honor our ties every February 13th - the day before Valentine’s Day. While it may have originated on a sitcom, Knope’s favorite holiday, GALentine’s Day, is now celebrated by women in real life - treating ourselves and pampering our friends who fill our hearts year round.

Happy GALentine's Day to my beautiful, glowing goddesses!

“You are the most beautiful, glowing sun goddess ever.”

- Leslie Knope (portrayed by Poehler) to Anne Perkins.

Lesl…

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