Something for all you ladies......
I thought this was so beautiful and SO true! Pass it on to all your girlfriends! Have a great day! It's long, but really worth the read!
A young wife sat on a porch in Waycross, Georgia, on a summer 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 ice cubes .
'They will be more important as you get older. No matter how much you
love your husband, no matter how much you love the children you will
have, you will still need girlfriends. Remember to go places with them,
do things with them. And remember that 'girlfriends' are not only your
friends, but your sisters, your daughters, and other relatives, too.
You'll need other women. Women always do.'
'What a funny piece of advice', the young woman thought. Haven't I just
gotten married? Haven't I just joined the couple-world? I'm now a
married woman, for goodness sake, a grownup, 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 made more each year. As the years
went by, one after another, she gradually came to understand that her
Mom 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.
Girlfriends bring you casseroles and scrub your bathroom when you need
help.
Girlfriends keep your children and keep your secrets.
Girlfriends give advice when you ask for it Sometimes you take it,
sometimes you don't.
Girlfriends don't always tell you that you are right, but they are
usually honest.
Girlfriends still love you, even when they don't agree with your
choices.
Girlfriends laugh with you, and you don't need canned jokes to start the
laugher.
Girlfriends pull you out of jams.
Girlfriends help you get out of bad relationships.
Girlfriends help you look for a new apartment, help you pack, and help
you move.
Girlfriends will give a party for your son or daughter when they get
married or have a baby, in whichever order that comes!
Girlfriends are there for you in an instant and when the hard times
come.
Girlfriends will drive through blizzards, rainstorms, hail, heat and
gloom of night to get to you when your hour of need is desperate.
Girlfriends listen when you lose a job or a friend.
Girlfriends listen when your children break your heart.
Girlfriends listen when your parents' minds and bodies fail.
Girlfriends cry with you when someone you loved dies.
Girlfriends support you when the men in your life let you down.
Girlfriends help you pick up the pieces when men pack up and go.
Girlfriends rejoice at what makes you happy, and are ready to go out and
kill what makes you unhappy.
Time passes. Life happens. Distance separates. Children grow up.
Marriages fail. Love waxes and wanes. Hearts break. Careers end. Jobs
come and go. Parents die. Colleagues forget favors. 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 farther away
than needing her can reach.
When you have to walk that lonesome valley, and you have to walk it for
yourself. your girlfriends will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on,
praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on our 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.
My sister, mother, sister-in-law, mother-in-law, nieces, cousins,
extended family and friends bless my life! The world would not be the
same without them, and neither would I.
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.
Pass this on to the women who help make your life work.
