Volume 3, Issue 01

Sisters

During one of their regular visits the 25 year old newlywed daughter and her mother found themselves talking at great length about marriage, the responsibilities of life and the obligations of adulthood.

As in the past, whenever mother and daughter would visit, every now and then each would get lost in their own thoughts as they pondered the subject of the day, and that was OK. On this day however, the mother turned a clear, sober glance upon her daughter and broke the silence by saying "don't forget your sisters, "they'll be more important as you get older. No matter how much you love your husband, or 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 strange thing to say” 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! Surely my husband and the family we may start will be all I need to make my life worthwhile.”

However, as the years passed her mother’s words stayed with her. She kept contact with her Sisters and made more female friends each year, and as the years tumbled by, she gradually came to understand what her mother had been talking about. As time and nature work their changes and mysteries upon a woman, Sisters are the mainstays of her life.

It's been 25 years since mother shared her strange wisdom. Here's what the daughter has learned:

Time passes
Life happens
Distance separates
Children grow up (as they should, and to you mothers - the 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.

Girlfriends, 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.

Share this story with all the women who help make your life meaningful.

I just did.