A Soldiers Blog

"To My daughter, Mother and Girlfriends with Love"


I sat under an oak tree in Wyoming on a summer day, drinking iced tea
and visiting with my mother. "Don't forget your girlfriends", Mother
advised, clinking the ice cubes in her glass. No matter how much you
love your husband, you are still going to need girlfriends. Remember
to go places with them now and then; and do things with them, even
when you don't necessarily want to, And remember that girlfriends are
not only friends, but sisters, daughters, mothers, grandmothers and
other relatives too. Women supporting and relating to other women is
our responsibility and our gift. "What a funny piece of advice," I
thought. "Hadn't I just gotten married? Hadn't I just joined the
couple-world? I was now a married woman, for goodness sake, not some
young girl who needed friends!" But I listened to my Mom. I kept in
contact with my girlfriends and even found some new ones along the
way. As the years tumbled by, one after another, I gradually came to
understand that Mom really knew what she was talking about! Here is
what I know about girlfriends: girlfriends bring casseroles and scrub
your bathroom when you need help; girlfriends keep your children and
your secrets. Girlfriends give advice when you ask, sometimes you take
it and sometimes you don't. Girlfriends don't always tell you you're
right, but they usually tell the truth. Girlfriends still love you,
even when they disagree with your choices. Girlfriends laugh with you
and don't need canned jokes to start the laughter. Girlfriends pull
you out of jams. Girlfriends don't keep a calendar of who hosted the
other's last big party. girlfriends will celebrate for your son or
daughter when they get married or have a baby, in whichever order that
happens. Girlfriends are there for you in an instant, and when the
hard times come, 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. My daughters,
sisters, family, and friends bless my
life! When we began this adventure, we had no idea of the incredible
joys or sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we would need
each other..... Pass this on to your girlfriends/sisters/daughters...
I just did! Read the next 2 lines very slowly and let it sink in... If
God brings you to it, He will bring you through it. Pass this message
on and make someone's day!