Midlife’s A Trip

What Would I Do Without Sisters?

Posted on 26. Sep, 2009 by Karen in Family and Friends

The story below was posted today on Facebook by “Irma” and it’s just the amazing kind of woman’s wisdom I like to share here on Midlife’s A Trip. Let me know how it resonates with you:

“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 of adulthood, the mother clinked the ice cubes in her glass, swirling the tea leaves to the bottom of her glass.

At one point, she turned a clear, serious glance upon her daughter and said ‘Don’t forget your “Sisters”. They’ll be more important to you as you get older. No matter how much you love your husband, no matter how much you love 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 – now.’

‘And also remember that ‘Sisters’ means ALL the women in your life – your girlfriends, your daughters, and all your other women 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! Surely my husband and the family we may start will be all I need to make my life worthwhile!’

But she listened to her mother and took her advice. She kept contact with her Sisters and made more women friends each year. As the years tumbled by, one after another, the woman gradually came to understand what her mother was talking about.

As time and nature work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman, Sisters are the mainstay of life. And after more than 50 years of living in this world, here is what I have learned about women and their Sisters:

• Time passes.

• Life happens.

• Distance separates.

• Children grow up.

• Jobs come and go.

• Love waxes and wanes.

• Some men don’t do what they’re supposed to do.

• Hearts break.

• Parents die.

• Colleagues forget favors.

• Careers end.

• We get sick, we heal.

But whatever is going on in your life, know with the most amazing certainty that your Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you. A Sister is never farther away than needing her can reach.

When you have to walk that lonesome valley of some kind of despair and life sadness, 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. And sometimes, Sisters will break the rules, charge into the valley, walk beside you or even carry you out! Because that’s what Sisters do for one another.

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 the Sisters in my life 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. That’s what the mother was telling her daughter.”

Please share this with all the women, the Sisters who help make your life meaningful.

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