A young wife sat on a sofa on a hot humid day, drinking iced tea and
visiting with her mother. As they talked about life, about marriage,
about the responsibilities of life and the obligations of adulthood,
the mother clinked the ice cubes in her glass thoughtfully and turned
a clear, sober glance upon her daughter.
"Don't forget your girlfriends," she advised, swirling the tea-leaves
to the bottom of her glass. "They'll be more important as you get
older. No matter how much you love your husband, no matter how much
you love the children you'll have, you are still going to need
girlfriends.
Remember to go places with them now and then; do things with them. And
remember that 'girlfriends' are not only your friends - but your
sisters, your daughters and other female relatives too. You'll need
other women. Women always do."
"What a funny piece of advice," the young woman thought. "Didn't I
just get married? Haven't I just joined the couple-world? I'm now a
married woman, for goodness sake, a grown-up, not a young girl who
needs girlfriends! Surely my husband and the family we'll start will
be all I need to make my life worthwhile!"
But she listened to her mother; she kept contact with her girlfriends
and befriended more each year. As the years rolled by, one after
another, she gradually came to understand that her mum really knew
what she was talking about. As time and nature work their changes and
their mysteries upon a woman, girlfriends are the mainstays of her
Life."
After 50 years of living in this world, here is what I've learned:
* Time passes
* Life happens
* Distance separates
* Children grow up
* Love waxes and wanes
* Hearts break
* Careers end
* Jobs come and go
* Parents die
* Colleagues forget favours
* Men don't call when they say they will.
BUT girlfriends are there, no matter how much time and how many miles
are between you. A girlfriend is never further away than needing her
can reach.
When you have to walk that lonely valley - and you have to walk it for
yourself - your girlfriends will be on the valley's edge, cheering you
on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and
waiting with open arms at the valley's end. Sometimes, they will even
break the rules and walk beside you. Or come in and carry you out.
Our daughters, sisters, mothers, sisters-in-law, mothers-in-law,
aunties, nieces, cousins, extended family and friends bless our lives!
The world wouldn't be the same without them, and neither would we.
When we began this adventure called womanhood, we had no idea of the
incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead.
Nor did we know how much we would need each other. Every day, we
need each other still.
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Beautiful! I don't have sisters or daughters, so my girl friends are very precious to me. Thanks so much for posting it Donna.
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Girlfriends are precious 
