Girlfriends

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bluidkiti
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Age: 44
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
Posts: 7079


Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:14 am


Girlfriends

I sat under a pecan tree in the hot Texas sun on a 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.

Here is what I know about them:

Girlfriends bring casseroles and scrub your bathroom when you are sick.
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 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 pull you out of jams.
Girlfriends don't keep a calendar that lets them know who hosted the other
last.
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 parents' 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.
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