Keep your Girl friends
A young wife sat on a sofa in Bukit Timah on a hot humid day,drinking iced-tea and visiting with her Mother. As they talked aboutlife, about marriage, about the responsibilities of life and theobligations of adulthood, the mother clinked the ice cubes in her glassthoughtfully and turned a clear, sober glance upon her daughter.
"Don't forget your girlfriends," she advised, swirling the tealeaves to the bottom of her glass. "They'll be more important as you getolder. No matter how much you love your husband, no matter how much youlove the children you'll have, you are still going to need girlfriends. "Remember to go places with them now and then; do things withthem. And remember that girlfriends are not only your friends, but yoursisters your daughters, and other relatives too. You'll need otherwomen. Women always do."
'What a funny piece of advice,' the young woman thought. 'Haven'tI just gotten married? Haven't I just joined the couple-world? I'm now amarried woman, for goodness sake, a grownup, not a young girl who needsgirlfriends! Surely my husband and the family we'll start will be all Ineed to make my life worthwhile!'
But she listened to her Mother; she kept contact with hergirlfriends and made more each year. As the years tumbled by, one afteranother, she gradually came to understand that her Mom really knew whatshe was talking about. As time and nature work their changes and theirmysteries upon a woman, girlfriends are the mainstays of her life.
After 50 years of living in this world, here is what I've learned:
Times passes.
Life happens.
Distance separates.
Children grow up.
Love waxes and wanes.
Hearts break.
Careers end.
Jobs come and go.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget favors.
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.
When you have to walk that lonesome valley, and you have to walk it foryourself, your girlfriends will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on,praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, andwaiting with open arms at the valley's end.
Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you. Orcome in and carry you out. My daughter, sisters, mother, sisters-in-law, mother-in-law, aunties, nieces, cousins, extended family, and friendsbless my life! The world wouldn't be the same without them, and neitherwould I.
When we began this adventure called womanhood, had no idea of theincredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much wewould need each other. Every day, we need each other still.
"Don't forget your girlfriends," she advised, swirling the tealeaves to the bottom of her glass. "They'll be more important as you getolder. No matter how much you love your husband, no matter how much youlove the children you'll have, you are still going to need girlfriends. "Remember to go places with them now and then; do things withthem. And remember that girlfriends are not only your friends, but yoursisters your daughters, and other relatives too. You'll need otherwomen. Women always do."
'What a funny piece of advice,' the young woman thought. 'Haven'tI just gotten married? Haven't I just joined the couple-world? I'm now amarried woman, for goodness sake, a grownup, not a young girl who needsgirlfriends! Surely my husband and the family we'll start will be all Ineed to make my life worthwhile!'
But she listened to her Mother; she kept contact with hergirlfriends and made more each year. As the years tumbled by, one afteranother, she gradually came to understand that her Mom really knew whatshe was talking about. As time and nature work their changes and theirmysteries upon a woman, girlfriends are the mainstays of her life.
After 50 years of living in this world, here is what I've learned:
Times passes.
Life happens.
Distance separates.
Children grow up.
Love waxes and wanes.
Hearts break.
Careers end.
Jobs come and go.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget favors.
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.
When you have to walk that lonesome valley, and you have to walk it foryourself, your girlfriends will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on,praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, andwaiting with open arms at the valley's end.
Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you. Orcome in and carry you out. My daughter, sisters, mother, sisters-in-law, mother-in-law, aunties, nieces, cousins, extended family, and friendsbless my life! The world wouldn't be the same without them, and neitherwould I.
When we began this adventure called womanhood, had no idea of theincredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much wewould need each other. Every day, we need each other still.
posted by Millie | 10:32 AM
|
0 Comments
