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...



'

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 married? 

Haven't I just joined the couple-world? I'm now a

married woman, for goodness sake! A grown up! 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 mother really

 knew what she was talking about.  As time and nature

 work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman,

 sisters are the main stays of her life.




Time passes.


Life happens.


Distance separates.


Children grow up.


Jobs come and go.


Love waxes and wanes.


Hearts break.


Parents die.


Colleagues forget favours.


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.




Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters, 

daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, mothers, 

Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended

 family: all bless our life!




Every day, we need each other still. Pass this on

to all the women who help make your life meaningful. 



I just did.

P.S. Thank you to Bree for sending this to me in an email - it was exactly what I needed.