> >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 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,
> >and other 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 grownup, 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
> >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 their
> mysteries upon a woman,
> >girlfriends are the mainstays of her life. After 50
> years of living in this
> >world, here is what I know about girlfriends:
> >
> >Girlfriends bring you chicken curry and scrub your
> bathroom 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 that 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 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 when they get
> >married or have a baby,in whichever order that
> comes!
> >
> >Girlfriends are there for you,in an instant and
> when the hard times come.
> >
> >Girlfriends listen when you lose a job or a friend.
> >
> >Girlfriends listen when your children break your
> heart.
> >
> >Girlfriends listen when your parents'minds and
> bodies fail.
> >
> >Girlfriends support you when the men in your life
> let you down.
> >
> >Girlfriends help you pick up the pieces when men
> pack up and go.
> >
> >Girlfriends rejoice at what makes you happy, and
> are ready to go out and
> >kill what makes you unhappy.
> >
> >
> >Times passes.
> >
> >
> >Life happens.
> >
> >
> >Distance separates.
> >
> >
> >Children grow up.
> >
> >
> >Love waxes and wanes.
> >
> >
> >Hearts break.
> >
> >
> >Careers end.
> >
> >
> >Jobs come and go.
> >
> >
> >arents 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.
> >
> >
> >ass this on to the women who help make your life
> work.
> >
> >
> >I just did
arents die.
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