Girlfriends

There’s something lovely about being a girl; wearing dresses, picking flowers, watching “You’ve Got Mail” too many times to count. There’s something ultra-wonderful about a bunch of girls! Lucky for me, I know a very special bunch of girls because they’re my friends…and they came for dinner last week. Well, they brought dinner to share and we ate it at my place because that’s how it is with them. We hardly ever wear dresses anymore but we cook instead and the food is healthy and organic and mostly gluten-free for me – even though they don’t need it to be. They make is especially that way because they love me. Isn’t that something?

Every Friday for 20 years or so, we have gathered together for “Bible study”. It’s our intention to study and sometimes we do. But we always pray for each other. We drink at least two pots of tea, eat goodies, talk, laugh, cry and love each other through whatever happens to be going on in our lives. A few years ago, one of the girls was diagnosed with cancer and she went on ahead of us to “girlfriend heaven” where we know she’s happy and waiting for us. Her kids are very dear to our hearts and we watch over them from a distance. Some of our parents have passed on, children have grown up and have children of their own. Others are in the midst of raising teenagers. Some of us have careers, some stay home, we all give to community in some fashion.

If I were to describe the character of our friendship, I would tell you that we all love God, we encourage each other to love our husbands, be good moms and moms-in-law, we tell each other the truth, we listen, we love each others’ children in all their ups and downs and we hang on to each other when we sense one of us is drifting away. I like that. I can count on these girls and I love them. I love that we’re a bunch and they make me glad I’m a girl.

A toast to you, beautiful girlfriends, with lots of love! Thanks for being my friends!

Here’s a girlfriend site that I just love. Susan Branch is the girlfriend of girlfriends. Credit for the flower vine at the top of the page goes to her too. http://www.susanbranch.com/