GIRLFRIENDSSSSSSSSS
GIRLFRIENDS ARE LIFE'S ROCK
Girlfriends
I sat on the porch overlooking a beautiful mountain
lake on a summer day,
enjoying a glass of wine with my Mom.
Older than me, mother of four, experienced and wise.
'Get yourself some girlfriends,' she advised,
swirling the wine in her glass.
'You are going to need girlfriends.
Go places with them, do things with them.
' What a funny piece of advice, I thought. Hadn't I
just gotten married?
Hadn't I just joined the couple-world?
I was a married woman, for goodness sake,
not a young girl who needed girlfriends.
Nevertheless, I listened to my Mom and I got back in
touch
with my old girlfriends of years long gone.
As the years tumbled by, one after another,
gradually I came to understand that Mom knew what she
was talking about.
Here is what I know about them:
Girlfriends bring casseroles and scrub your bathroom
when you are sick.
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're right,
but they're usually honest.
Girlfriends still love you, even when they don't
agree with your choices.
Girlfriends might send you a birthday card, but they
might not. It does not matter in the least.
Girlfriends laugh with you, and you don't need
canned jokes to start the laughter.
Girlfriends pull you out of jams.
Girlfriends don't keep a calendar that lets them
know who hosted the other last.
Girlfriends will give a party for your son or daughter
when they get married or have a baby,
in whichever order that comes!
Moreover, girlfriends are there for you, in an
instant and truly, when the hard times come.
Girlfriends listen when you lose a job or a husband.
Girlfriends listen when your children break your
heart.
Girlfriends listen when your parent's minds and bodies
fail.
My girlfriends bless my life.
Once we were young, with no idea of the incredible
joys or the
incredible sorrows that lay ahead.
Nor did we know how much we would need each other.
Pass this on to your girlfriends and .................
even to women you are not quite friends with.
You never know, someday they may end up being a dear
old friend.
Let them know how much you appreciate them.
Girlfriends
I sat on the porch overlooking a beautiful mountain
lake on a summer day,
enjoying a glass of wine with my Mom.
Older than me, mother of four, experienced and wise.
'Get yourself some girlfriends,' she advised,
swirling the wine in her glass.
'You are going to need girlfriends.
Go places with them, do things with them.
' What a funny piece of advice, I thought. Hadn't I
just gotten married?
Hadn't I just joined the couple-world?
I was a married woman, for goodness sake,
not a young girl who needed girlfriends.
Nevertheless, I listened to my Mom and I got back in
touch
with my old girlfriends of years long gone.
As the years tumbled by, one after another,
gradually I came to understand that Mom knew what she
was talking about.
Here is what I know about them:
Girlfriends bring casseroles and scrub your bathroom
when you are sick.
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're right,
but they're usually honest.
Girlfriends still love you, even when they don't
agree with your choices.
Girlfriends might send you a birthday card, but they
might not. It does not matter in the least.
Girlfriends laugh with you, and you don't need
canned jokes to start the laughter.
Girlfriends pull you out of jams.
Girlfriends don't keep a calendar that lets them
know who hosted the other last.
Girlfriends will give a party for your son or daughter
when they get married or have a baby,
in whichever order that comes!
Moreover, girlfriends are there for you, in an
instant and truly, when the hard times come.
Girlfriends listen when you lose a job or a husband.
Girlfriends listen when your children break your
heart.
Girlfriends listen when your parent's minds and bodies
fail.
My girlfriends bless my life.
Once we were young, with no idea of the incredible
joys or the
incredible sorrows that lay ahead.
Nor did we know how much we would need each other.
Pass this on to your girlfriends and .................
even to women you are not quite friends with.
You never know, someday they may end up being a dear
old friend.
Let them know how much you appreciate them.
