Treasure your girl-friends
One of the more meaningful forwarded emails that I've gotten from one of my closest friends..... and oh how true it is.. for so many times in my life where my girl-friends have been there for me :) Thank you for being honest with me even when I don't want to hear it, thank you for being there at any time of the night whether it's 3am or 5am, thank you for taking such good care of me and being concerned all the time. You know who you all are :)--------------------------------------------------------------------------
After 52 years of living in this world, here is what I've learned:
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 to her daughter in a clear, sober voice.
"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, your daughter-in-laws 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 main stays of her Life."
After 52 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 lonesome 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.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.
posted by emeryz @ 5:28 AM
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