February 11, 2006

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  For my sisters who are always there for me

  
  

  i love you guys =)-cd

  
  

  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 Sisters,” 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 may have,
  you are still
  going to need Sisters.
  
  Remember to go places with them now and then; do
  things with them.
  
  Remember that “Sisters” also means your girlfriends,
  your daughters,
  
  and other women 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.
  
  Surely my husband and the family we may start will be
  all I need to
  
  make my life worthwhile!’
  
  But she listened to her Mother.
  
  She kept in contact with her Sisters and made more
  women friends 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,
  
  Sisters are the mainstays of your life.
  
  After more than 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 Sisters are there,
  
  no matter how much time and
  
  how many miles are between you.
  
  A Sister is never farther away than
  
  your needing her can reach.
  
  When you have to walk that lonesome valley,
  
  and you have to walk it for yourself,
  
  
  your Sisters will be on the valley’s rim,
  
  cheering you on,
  
  praying for you,
  
  pulling for you,
  
  intervening on your behalf,
  
  and waiting with open arms at the valley’s end.
  
  Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk
  beside you.
  
  
  Or come in and carry you out.
  
  My mother, sister, sister-in-laws, aunts, and
  “girlfriends”, bless my life!
  
  The world wouldn’t be the same without them, and
  neither would I.
  
  When we began this adventure called womanhood,
  
  we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that
  lay ahead.
  
  Nor did we know how much we would need each other.
  
  Every day, we need each other still.
  
  Pass this on to the women who help make your life
  work.
  
  I just did.
  
  Love ya!
  
  
  

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