GIRLFRIENDS

Thanks GCG forwards this to me. :)

>> How true and so we must try to keep in touch with our friends.
>> You may have read this in the past but such reminder would be nice.
>>
>> 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 mainstays 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.
>>
>> Our daughters, daughter-in-laws, sisters, mothers,
>> sisters-in-laws, 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.
>>
>> Pass this on to the women who help make your life work.
>>
>> I just did.
>>
>> Thank You.