How we got started

After a new commitment to Jesus, I started to evaluate how I was spending my time. Trying to connect in community, I found myself stretched between social gatherings (bunco, interest clubs, happy hours, mother’s groups, PTO/PTA, Jewelry parties), bible studies, work, family etc. I found that while each serve real purposes, I still felt the need for something else. I wanted girl time! But wanted a girls night out without destructive behavior. I wanted a circle of women who I could encourage and who could encourage me - with a dash of fun.

In 2011, I chose to be more intentional about my friendships and set up “dates” with some friends, informal as they were,  I walked away with huge learnings about my friends and myself.   I had a chance to de-brief and share my hearts joys, fears and struggles and also learn about theirs.  It was a great feeling to be trusted with their hearts for the evening.  I wanted more of this and found I am not alone.

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The idea for 3PL came from my need for personal accountability and growth as well as the desire to form intentional, open, and honest relationships with my friends.  I had a feeling other women wanted the same thing. After talking to a few friends and praying, I developed a basic plan for 3PL. Since our first meeting in February of 2012, it has evolved into something beautiful.   

–Dacia

If 3PL sounds interesting to you, and you'd like to join or create a group, let’s get connected.  

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Our logo, the butterfly.

“A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were God’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If God allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never fly!”

–Author Unknown

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