Email I got.....
Moms View Message Board: General Discussion: Archive January 2007:
Email I got.....
from my SIL and thought it was worth sharing with all of you Because we are all "sisters" here.
Happy New Year My sisters!!!!!
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' means
ALL the women... your girlfriends, your daughters, and all your 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 mar ried? 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 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 her life.
After more than 50 years of living in this world, here is what I've
learned:
THIS SAYS IT ALL:
Time passes.
Life happens.
Distance separates.
Children grow up (as they should, and parents' best way of loving them is to give them the space to spread their wings).
Jobs come and go.
Love waxes and wanes.
Men (some men, some of the time) don't do what they're supposed to do.
Hearts break.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget favors.
Careers end.
BUT.........
Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are
between you.
A girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach.
When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by
yourself, the women in your life 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.
Girlfriend s, daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters,
sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and
extended family, all bless our life!
The world wouldn't be the same without women, 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 all the women who help make your life meaningful. I
just did.
Short and very sweet:
There are more than twenty angels in this world. Ten are peacefully
sleeping on clouds. Nine are playing. And one is reading her email at
this moment.
Send this message to ten of your friends including me. If you get 5
replies, someone you love will surprise you.
Happy days!
Don't break this; it's working!
That is awesome, and so true!! Just look what we mean to each other here at MV, and most of us have never met in person.
In tribal societies, it is the women who care for each other and their children when they are sick. They deliver each other's babies and tend to the elderly of the tribe. We are the stronger gender. We can take more pain, be it physical or emotional.
Could someone please tell me how to make this into an attachment to my email, so that I can send it to some of my other "sisters"? Thanks.
Hol, just copy and paste it into a email...do you know how to do that? If not email me @
kathy @ echoes . net and I will email it to you so you can forward it
Yes, my sisters and my friends are very important to me, and fill a void that my DH could never fill! LOL!
love it and just sent it to all my "sisters!"
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