I have AMAZING girlfriends

Every couple of months I get forwarded the email about a young woman who just got married and is talking to her mother. Her mother advises her to "Always keep your girlfriends." To which the girl kind of laughs and thinks is strange advice since she just got M-A-R-R-I-E-D. Now that she's betrothed, why on earth would her mother be advising her to stay close to her friends. Didn't she now have a companion in life who she could tell everything to? He's her husband, so he'll take the place of all her friends, right? Luckily the girl listens to her mother and keeps her girlfriends, and the email goes on to tell us all why it was good thing, etc. etc.



If I didn't do a massive email dump every couple of months, I could've inserted said email [HERE]...but alas, I don't have it so you're stuck with my horrible summary. But, my point is this: I thought about that email last week and think all ladies should really heed Mamma's advice on this one. And it suprised me and caught me off guard, because this thought (and email) struck me during a happy time, not in a sad time when you need to lean on other people.



Last year a few of my girlfriends started a monthly supper club where we get together at a new restaurant and eat, drink and goissip. It's grown to include a few more girls over the year and I would anticipate it'll grow and retract in the years to come as people move away, or new friends move to town. It's one of my favorite days each month because I know I'm going to laugh, sometimes cry and always come away feeling love and happiness. Well, last Thursday we had our First Annual Supper Club Holiday Party and it was on my way home from the party that I thought of the email. One of our girls recently got engaged - so we chatted about her upcoming nuptials. And another recently found out she's having a baby, so we gushed over her wonderful news. It was just such a happy night.



I feel very lucky to be married to a wonderful man who adores me and who would go to Hell and back any number of times for me. He laughs at my not funny jokes, puts up with my every changing moods and borderline craziness, and he even listens to me gossip about work and life and things he couldn't care less about. That's just the kind of man he is. And that's the kind of love we share.




But, I'm glad I have kept my girlfriends. Some I've known for many years, while others I'm just now getting to know. Others live far too far away, while others live in walking distance. Some I talk to every day and others only every now and again. But one thing is always constant, I love them dearly and feel so blessed to have them all in my life.


So if any you ever are asked to give an engaged woman or newly married lady some marriage advice, I'd repeat the advice of the wise woman: Always keep your girlfriends!