~*~ Girlfriends ~*~
Young and newly married, I
relaxed under a pecan tree
on a hot Texas summer day,
drinking iced tea and
getting to know my new
sister-in-law, Estelle.
Not much older than I, but
already the mother of
three,
Estelle seemed to me
experienced and wise.
"Get yourself some
girlfriends" she advised,
clinking the ice cubes in
her glass.
"You are going to need
girlfriends.
Go places with them; do
things with them."
What a funny piece of
advice, I thought.
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 this new
sister-in-law. I got
myself some girlfriends.
As the years tumbled by,
one after another,
gradually I came to
understand
that Estelle knew what she
was talking about.
I remembered that she had
said the word
"girlfriends" with
emphasis.
As I went along, I
discovered the subtle
difference between friends
and girlfriends.
You go to work with
friends, go to dinner with
friends,
go to church with friends,
belong to clubs with
friends.
You send friends greeting
cards. You need friends in
your life;
all girlfriends were once
only friends.
But a girlfriend is
different.
I offer this
praise of girlfriends:
Here is what I know about
girlfriends:
Girlfriends don't Compete
and
aren't Jealous of each
other.
Girlfriends bring
Casseroles and
Scrub your
bathroom when you are
sick.
Girlfriends 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 always
Honest.
Girlfriends still Love
you, even when they don't
agree with your choices.
Girlfriends might send you
a Birthday card,
but they
might not.
It does not Matter in the
least.
Girlfriends Laugh with you
and you don't need
canned
jokes to start the
laughter.
Girlfriends don't Talk
about you Behind your back
or Pretend to be your
friend for Personal Gain.
Girlfriends pull you out
of Jams.
Girlfriends don't keep a
Calendar that lets them
know
who Hosted the Other last,
for any Engagement.
Girlfriends will give a
Party for your son or
daughter when they get
Married
or have a Baby
in
whichever order that
comes!
And Girlfriends are There
for you,
in an Instant and
Truly,
when the hard times come.
Girlfriends Listen when
you lose a Job or a
Husband.
Girlfriends Listen when
your Children break your
Heart.
Girlfriends Listen when
your Parent's
minds and
bodies fail.
My girlfriends bless my
life.
Once we were Young, with
no idea
of the Incredible Joys or
the Incredible
Sorrows
that lay ahead.
Nor did we know how
much
we would need each other.
I want to tell younger
women to take
my
sister-in-law's advice.
Get Yourself some
Girlfriends.
~* Author Unknown *~
Thanks for sharing, Moody
- HUGS!
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