[Women] Sisters

[Peg Clifford]

That's lovely Brenda

On a very different note....It's satire from Saturday Night Live
Trigger Warning

Bad language making fun of liberal white ladies.

I hope it gives you a laugh or two

What do liberal white women really want?

1. Respect
2. Equality
3. The right to drink wine in the afternoon without judgement.

3 minutes

http://junkee.com/michael-che-snl-gretchen/138661







*"...indifference to evil is worse than evil itself,*
*that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible. "*

                               Abraham Joshua Heschel

On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 3:03 PM, B.Lisk via Women <women at fuusm.org> wrote:

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> Ladies, I thought this was worth sharing. Maybe I’m just being a bit
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> l due to cabin fever, but I do believe this to be so.
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> A young wife sat on a sofa on a hot humid day,
> drinking iced tea and visiting with her mother. As
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> they talked about life, about marriage, about the
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> responsibilities of life and the obligations of
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> adulthood, the mother clinked the ice cubes in her
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> glass thoughtfully and turned a clear, sober glance
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> 'Don't forget your sisters,' she advised, swirling
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> the tea leaves to the bottom of her glass. 'They'll
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> be more important as you get older. No matter how
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> much you love your husband, no matter how much you
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> love the children you may have, you are still going
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> to need sisters. Remember to go places with them now
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> and then; do things with them.'
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> 'Remember that 'sisters' means ALL the women.
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> your girlfriends, your daughters, and all your other
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> women relatives too. 'You'll need other women. Women
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> always do.'
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> What a funny piece of advice!' the young woman
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> thought. Haven't I just gotten married?
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> Haven't I just joined the couple-world? I'm now a
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> married woman, for goodness sake! A grownup! Surely
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> my husband and the family we may start will be all I
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> need to make my life worthwhile!'
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> But she listened to her mother. She kept contact
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> with her sisters and made more women friends each
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> year. As the years tumbled by, one after another,
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> she gradually came to understand that her mother really
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> knew what she was talking about. As time and nature
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> work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman,
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> sisters are the mainstays of her life.
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> After more than 50 years of living in this world,
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> here is what I've learned:
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> THIS SAYS IT ALL:
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> Time passes.
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> Life happens.
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> Distance separates.
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> Children grow up.
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> Jobs come and go.
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> Love waxes and wanes.
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> Men don't do what they're supposed to do.
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> Hearts break.
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> Parents die.
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> Colleagues forget favors.
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> Careers end.
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> Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how
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> between you. A girl friend is never farther away
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> than needing her can reach.
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> When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you
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> have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life
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> will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on,
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> praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on
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> your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the
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> valley's end.
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> Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk
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> beside you....Or come in and carry you out.
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> Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters,
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> daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers,
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> Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended
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> family: all bless our life!
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> The world wouldn't be the same without women, and
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> neither would I. When we began this adventure called
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> womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or
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> sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we
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> would need each other.
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