A YOUNG WIFE
sat on a sofa on hot, humid day,
drinkng iced tea, and visiting her mother.
As they talked about love, about marriage and
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 at her daughter.
"DON'T FORGET your girlfriends," she advised,
swirling the tea leaves from 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 will 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 relatives, too. You'll need other women, too.
Women always do."
`WHAT A funny piece of advise,' 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 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 ife worthwhile.
BUT SHE listened to her Mother;
She kept contact with her girlfriends
and made more each year.
AS THE years tumbled 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 mysteries
upon a woman, girlfriends are mainstays of her life.
I ASKED Moms all over and
here are the things they told me about Girlfriends:
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TIME passes.
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LIFE happens.
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DISTANCE separates.
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CHILDREN grow up.
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LOVE waxes and wanes.
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HEARTS break.
*
CAREERS end.
*
JOBS come and go.
*
PARENTS die.
*
COLLEAGUES forget favours.
*
MEN don't call when they say they will.
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BUT.....
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GIRLFRIENDS are there.....no matter how much time
and how many miles are between you.
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A Girlfriend is never farther away than needing her can reach!
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sat on a sofa on hot, humid day,
drinkng iced tea, and visiting her mother.
As they talked about love, about marriage and
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 at her daughter.
"DON'T FORGET your girlfriends," she advised,
swirling the tea leaves from 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 will 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 relatives, too. You'll need other women, too.
Women always do."
`WHAT A funny piece of advise,' 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 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 ife worthwhile.
BUT SHE listened to her Mother;
She kept contact with her girlfriends
and made more each year.
AS THE years tumbled 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 mysteries
upon a woman, girlfriends are mainstays of her life.
I ASKED Moms all over and
here are the things they told me about Girlfriends:
- Girlfriends bring you Chicken Curry 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, you're right, but they're 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 just to start the laughter.
- 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.
- Girlfriends are there for you, in an instant, when hard times come.
- Girlfriends listen you lose a job or a friend.
- Girlfriends listen when your children break your heart.
- Girlfriends listen when you parents' minds and body fail.
- Girlfriends support you when the men in your life fail you down.
- Girlfriends help you pick up the pieces when men pack up and go.
- Girlfriends rejoice at what makes you happy, cries at what saddens you,
- and are ready to go out and kill at what makes you unhappy.
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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 farther away than needing her can reach!
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*****
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