To My Girlfriends
THESE WORDS ARE SO TRUE....HERE'S TO MY GIRLFRIENDS.
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> I sat under an oak tree in Wyoming on a summer day, drinking iced tea and
visiting with my mother. "Don't forget your girlfriends", Mother advised,
> clinking the ice cubes in her glass. No matter how much you love your
husband, you are still going to need girlfriends. Remember to go places
> with them now and then; and do things with them, even when you don't
necessarily want to, And remember that girlfriends are not only friends,
> but sisters, daughters, mothers, grandmothers and other relatives too.
Women supporting and relating to other women is our responsibility and our
> gift. "What a funny piece of advice," I thought. "Hadn't I just gotten
married? Hadn't I just joined the couple-world? I was now a married woman,
> for goodness sake, not some young girl who needed friends!"
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> But I listened to my Mom. I kept in contact with my girlfriends and even
found some new ones along the way. As the years tumbled by, one after
> another, I gradually came to understand that Mom really knew what she was
talking about!
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> Here is what I know about girlfriends:
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> ***girlfriends bring casseroles and scrub your bathroom when you need help
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> ***girlfriends keep your children and your secrets.
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> ***girlfriends give advice when you ask, sometimes you take it and
sometimes you don't.
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> ***girlfriends don't always tell you you're right, but they usually tell
the truth.
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> ***girlfriends still love you, even when they dis agree with your choices.
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> ***girlfriends laugh with you and don't need canned jokes to start the
laughter.
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> ***girlfriends pull you out of jams.
> ***girlfriends don't keep a calendar of who hosted the other's last big
party.
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> ***girlfriends will celebrate for your son or daughter when they get
married or have a baby, in whichever order that happens.
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> ***girlfriends are there for you in an instant, and when the hard times
come,
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> ***girlfriends listen when you lose a job or a friend.
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> ***girlfriends listen when your children break your heart.
> ***girlfriends listen when your parents' minds and bodies fail.
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> My daughters, sisters, family, and friends bless my life! When we began
this adventure, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay
> ahead. Nor did we know how much we would need each other..... Pass this on
to your girlfriends/sisters/daughters.. I just did!
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However, when done, we will inform the kidlets still living in the house that we are moving to a 1 (yes, only 1) bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment and they are not welcome to take the bedroom as their own. One can dream, right?
