Re: Thanks for being my GIRLFRIENDS!

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In a message dated 7/17/02 4:44:41 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Lee27a@...

writes:

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this was sent to me and I thought I would pass it along, Sharon

>

> Get Yourself Some 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. Not much older than I, but already the mother of three,

she

> 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.

> 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 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 doesn't 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.

> Girlfriends pull you out of jams.

> Girlfriends don't keep a calendar

> that lets them know who hosted the other last.

> Girlfriends will give a party

> for your son or daughter when they get married or have a baby, in

whichever

> order that comes!

> 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. I want to

> tell younger women to take my sister-in-law's advice. Get yourself some

> girlfriends. You are going to need them.

>

> This was sent to me. It's good advice!

> When life hands you lemons, ask for a bottle of tequila and salt - and ask

> your

> girlfriends to share with you.

>

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[Guest guest]

Sharon, even in your pain, you seem to think of us. This totally made my

day. I am thankful for ALL the " Girlfriends " I have. Most of you are

reading this right now.!1

Thank you my good girlfriend.

hugs