tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post8765397655383225845..comments2023-11-04T21:26:59.215+08:00Comments on Becoming Jane Fansite: Jane Austen Quote of the Week 99 - by LindaIchahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11201156394951497511noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1129024732653900038.post-12287409416253989672010-03-15T17:28:02.415+08:002010-03-15T17:28:02.415+08:00Thanks Linda.
I received the following email only...Thanks Linda.<br /><br />I received the following email only yesterday and it links in rather nicely to your quote:<br /><br />"A young wife visited with her mother. <br />As they talked about life, marriage, the responsibilities of life & the obligations of adulthood, the mother turned a clear, sober glance upon her daughter. 'Don't forget your sisters,' she advised.'They'll be more important 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 & then; do things with them. 'Remember that 'sisters' means ALL the women...your girlfriends, your <br />daughters & all your other women relatives too. 'You'll need other women, women always do. <br /><br />' What a funny piece of advice!' the young woman thought. Haven't I just gotten married? Haven't I just joined the couple-world? Surely my husband & the family we may start will be all I need to make my life worthwhile!' But she listened to her mother. She kept contact with her sisters & made more women friends each year. As the years tumbled by-one after another-she gradually came to <br />understand that her mother really knew what she was talking about. <br /><br />As time & nature work their changes & their mysteries upon a woman, sisters are the mainstays of her life. <br /><br />THIS SAYS IT ALL: <br />Time passes. <br />Life happens. <br />Distance separates. <br />Children grow up. <br />Jobs come & go. <br />Love waxes and wanes. <br />Men don't do what they're supposed to do. <br />Hearts break... <br />Parents die. <br />Colleagues forget favors. <br />Careers end. <br />BUT............ <br />Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are <br />between you. A girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach. When you have to walk that lonesome valley & you have to walk it by yourself, 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 & waiting with open arms at the valley's end. Sometimes, they <br />will even break the rules & walk beside you...Or come in and carry you out. <br />Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended family: all bless our life!" <br /><br />xxRachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16974918106906613200noreply@blogger.com