this is a bit lengthy but i like it so much that i have to post it on my blog. i want to thank to all my girlfirends for being there with me when i needed it... thanks for listening when i told my never ending problems... so girlfriends... read on
Girlfriend
A young wife sat on a sofa in Bukit Timah 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 girlfriends,” 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’ll have, you are still going to need girlfriends.
Remember to go places with them now and then;
do things with them. And remember that “girlfriends” are
not only your friends, but your sisters, your daughters, and
other 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, not a young girl who needs girlfriends! Surely my husband
and the family we’ll start will be all need to make my life worthwhile!’
But she listened to her Mother; she kept contact with
her girlfriends and made more 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, girlfriends are the mainstays of her life.
After 50 years of living in this world, here is what I
know about girlfriends:
Girlfriends bring you chicken curry and scrub your bathroom when you need help.
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 laugh with you, and you don’t need canned jokes to start the laughter.
Girlfriends pull you out of jams.
Girlfriends help you get out of bad relationships.
Girlfriends help you look for a new apartment, help you pack, and help you
move.
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 when the hard times come.
Girlfriends will drive through blizzards, rainstorms, hail, heat, and gloom of night to get to you when your hour of need is desperate.
Girlfriends listen when you lose a job or a friend.
Girlfriends listen when your children break your heart.
Girlfriends listen when your parents’ minds and bodies fail.
Girlfriends cry with you when someone you loved dies.
Girlfriends support you when the men in your life let you down.
Girlfriends help you pick up the pieces when men pack up and go.
Girlfriends rejoice at what makes you happy, and are ready to go out and kill what makes you unhappy.
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 favours.
Men don’t call when they say they will.
BUT girlfriends are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you. A girlfriend is never farther away than needing her can reach.
When you have to walk that lonesome valley, and you
have to walk it for yourself, your girlfriends 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 daughter, sisters, mother, sisters-in-law, mother-in-law,aunties, nieces, cousins, extended family, and friends 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.