27-10-2006, 09:12 AM
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 a clear,
sober
glance upon her daughter.
"Don't forget your Sisters," 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 may have, you are still going to need
Sisters.
Remember to go places with them now and then; do
things
with them.
"Remember that 'Sisters' means ALL women...
your girlfriends, your
daughters and all your other women 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 grown-up! Surely my
husband and the
family
we
may start will be all I need to make life
worthwhile."
But she listened to her Mother. She kept contact
with her sisters
and
made
more women friends 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 their
mysteries
upon a woman, Sisters are the mainstays of her life.
After more than 50 years of living in this world,
here is what I've
learned:
Time passes.
Life happens.
Distance separates.
Children grow up.
Jobs come and go.
Love waxes and wanes.
Men don't do what they're supposed to do.
Hearts break.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget favours.
Careers end.
BUT------Sisters 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
by
yourself, the women in your life will be on the
valley's rim,
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.
Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters,
daughters-in-law, sisters,
sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties,
nieces, cousins, and
extended family, all bless our life! 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. :hug:
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 Sisters," 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 may have, you are still going to need
Sisters.
Remember to go places with them now and then; do
things
with them.
"Remember that 'Sisters' means ALL women...
your girlfriends, your
daughters and all your other women 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 grown-up! Surely my
husband and the
family
we
may start will be all I need to make life
worthwhile."
But she listened to her Mother. She kept contact
with her sisters
and
made
more women friends 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 their
mysteries
upon a woman, Sisters are the mainstays of her life.
After more than 50 years of living in this world,
here is what I've
learned:
Time passes.
Life happens.
Distance separates.
Children grow up.
Jobs come and go.
Love waxes and wanes.
Men don't do what they're supposed to do.
Hearts break.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget favours.
Careers end.
BUT------Sisters 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
by
yourself, the women in your life will be on the
valley's rim,
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.
Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters,
daughters-in-law, sisters,
sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties,
nieces, cousins, and
extended family, all bless our life! 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. :hug: