I sat on the porch overlooking a beautiful mountain lake on a summer day, enjoying a visit with my Mom. Older than me, mother of four, experienced and wise, she advised, "Get yourself some girl friends. You are going to need girlfriends. Go places with them, do things with them."
I tought this was a funny piece of advice. 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.
But I listened to my Mom and I got back in touch with my old girlfriends of years long gone.
As the years tumbled by, gradually I came to understand that Mom knew what she was talking about when she advised me to get some girlfriends. And here is what I learned:
Girlfriends ...
>>bring casseroles and scrub your bathroom when you are sick.
>>keep your children and keep your secrets.
>>give advice when you ask for it. (Sometimes you take it, sometimes you don't.)
>>don't always tell you that you're right, but they're usually honest.
>>still love you, even when they don't agree with your choices.
>>might send you a birthday card, but they might not.
>>laugh with you, and you don't need canned jokes to start the laughter.
>>pull you out of jams.
>>don't keep a calendar that lets them know who hosted the other last.
>>will give a party for your son or daughter when they get married or have a baby, in whichever order that comes! >>are there for you, in an instant and truly, when the hard times come.
>>listen when you lose a job or a husband.
>>listen when your children break your heart.
>>listen when your parent's minds and bodies fail.
My girlfriends bless my life.
When we were young, we had 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.
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C'mon guys ... let me out !!!
I just wanna see a game !!!
H-mom
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We learn a lot from crayons:
some are sharp; some are dull; some are pretty;
some have weird names; all are different colors.
And they all have to learn to live in the same box.
