>A young wife sat on a sofa on a hot humid day, drinking iced tea and
>visiting with her mother. As
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>they talked about life, about marriage, about the
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>responsibilities of life and the obligations of
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>adulthood, the mother clinked the ice cubes in her
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>glass thoughtfully and turned a clear, sober glance
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>upon her daughter.
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>’Don’t forget your sisters,’ she advised, swirling
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>the tea leaves to the bottom of her glass. ‘They’ll
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>be more important as you get older. No matter how
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>much you love your husband, no matter how much you
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>love the children you may have, you are still going
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>to need sisters. Remember to go places with them now
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>and then; do things with them.’
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>’Remember that ‘sisters’ means ALL the women.
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>your girlfriends, your daughters, and all your other
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>women relatives too. ‘You’ll need other women. Women
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>always do.’
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>What a funny piece of advice!’ the young woman
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>thought. Haven’t I just gotten married?
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>Haven’t I just joined the couple-world? I’m now a
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>married woman, for goodness sake! A grownup! Surely
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>my husband and the family we may start will be all I
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>need to make my life worthwhile!’
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>But she listened to her mother. She kept contact
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>with her sisters and made more women friends each
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>year. As the years tumbled by, one after another,
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>she gradually came to understand that her mother really
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>knew what she was talking about. As time and nature
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>work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman,
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>sisters are the mainstays of her life.
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>After more than 50 years of living in this world,
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>here is what I’ve learned:
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>THIS SAYS IT ALL:
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>Time passes.
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>Life happens.
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>Distance separates.
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>Children grow up.
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>Jobs come and go.
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>Love waxes and wanes.
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>Men don’t do what they’re supposed to do.
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>Hearts break.
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>Parents die.
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>Colleagues forget favors.
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>Careers end.
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>BUT………
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>Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how
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>many miles are
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>between you. A girl friend is never farther away
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>than needing her can reach.
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>When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you
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>have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life
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>will be on the valley’s rim, cheering you on,
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>praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on
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>your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the
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>valley’s end.
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>Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk
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>beside you….Or come in and carry you out.
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>Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters,
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>daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers,
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>Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended
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>family: all bless our life!
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>The world wouldn’t be the same without women, and
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>neither would I. When we began this adventure called
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>womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or
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>sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we
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>would need each other.
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>Every day, we need each other still. Pass this on
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>to all the women who help make your life meaningful.
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>I just did. Short and very sweet:
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>There are more than twenty angels in this world.
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>Ten are peacefully sleeping on clouds. Nine are
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>playing. And one is reading her email at this
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>moment.
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>Send this message to ten of your friends including
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>me. If you get 5 replies, someone you love will
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>surprise you.
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>Happy days!
Jan28
And then there were dandelions 
’nuff said!
