" Sisters "

My sister sent me this email- and BOY is it the truth !!!!! ( This goes for brothers as well ) To all my 'hand-picked 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 ofadulthood, the mother clinked the ice cubes in herglass thoughtfully and turned a clear, sober glanceupon her daughter."Don't forget your Sisters," she advised, swirling thetea leaves to the bottom of her glass. They'll be more important as you get older. No matter how muchyou love your husband, no matter how much you love the children you may have, you are still going to needSisters. Remember to go places with them now and then;do things with them."Remember that 'Sisters' means ALL the women... yourgirlfriends, your daughters, and all your other womenrelatives 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 Ijust 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 needto 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 graduallycame to understand that her Mom really knew what shewas talking about. As time and nature work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman, Sisters are the mainstays of her life.After more than 50 years of living in this world,here is what I've learned:Time passesLife happens.Distance separates.Children grow up.Jobs come and go.Love waxes and wanes.Men 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 howmany miles are between you.A girl friend is never farther away than needing hercan reach.>>When you have to walk that lonesome valley and youhave to walk it by yourself, the women in your life will be on thevalley's rim, cheering you on, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, andwaiting with open arms at the valley's end.Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walkbeside you.Or come in and carry you out.Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters,daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-l aw, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties,nieces, cousins, and extended family, all bless our life! The world wouldn't be the same without women, andneither would I.When we began this adventure called womanhood, we hadno 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.