Sisterhood

Amy and Ann were in the salon yesterday. Amy kindly read aloud this story for us. I had forgotten that I had put it with some client information. It was inspired by an email I received some time ago. I hope it cheers you now...and you may want a tissue handy....

A young woman sat with her mother on the sofa drinking tea... and as they did so they talked about life, marriage and the obligations of adulthood. The mother thoughtfully turned to her daughter.

“Don’t forget your sisters,” she advised. "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 your sisters. Remember to go places with them now and then, do things with them from time to time…and remember that by sisters I mean 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. Am I not an adult woman now? 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. Nonetheless, she listened to the mother she loved. She kept contact with her sisters and naturally made more women friends as each year passed.

And as the years rolled by, she gradually realised that her mum really did know what she was talking about. Sisters were the mainstays of her life!

And after more than 50 years of living in the world, here is what I have learned…
Time passes…life attacks happen…distance separates…children grow up and leave home…loved ones die…jobs come and go…and so does love…. men do not do always what they are supposed to do…hearts break…colleagues forget favours…people let you down and .. careers end…

But through it all your Sisters are there. Sisters are never far away. Sisters are there, no matter how many miles …. countries and continents are between you. When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life with be on the valley’s rim, cheering you on, praying for you, championing for you, intervening on your behalf and waiting with open arms at the valley’s end.

Sometimes sisters will even break the rules and walk beside you… or come in and carry you out. Girlfriends, granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, mothers, mothers-in-law aunts, nieces, cousins, your hairdresser, beauty therapist/image consultant and extended family all bless our life! The world wouldn’t be the same without women and neither would I.

When I began this adventure of life called womanhood I had no idea of the incredible joys and sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did I know how much I would need my sisters… every day we need each other still.

Who are the special women in your life? Who helps to make your life meaningful? Add a comment and let me know…and why not mail your sisters to read the Blog today.... so that they know how much you love them? I am going to do that to my sisterhood right now…