[Women] Sisters

[Sue Montera]

Brenda,
In my small experience, it is very true.   Well said!
Thank you!
Sue

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> On Jan 6, 2018, at 4:08 PM, Peg Clifford via Women <women at fuusm.org> wrote:
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> That's lovely Brenda
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> On a very different note....It's satire from Saturday Night Live 
> Trigger Warning
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> Bad language making fun of liberal white ladies. 
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> I hope it gives you a laugh or two
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> What do liberal white women really want? 
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> 1. Respect
> 2. Equality
> 3. The right to drink wine in the afternoon without judgement. 
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> 3 minutes 
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> http://junkee.com/michael-che-snl-gretchen/138661
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> "...indifference to evil is worse than evil itself,
> that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible. "
>                                Abraham Joshua Heschel 
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>> 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 sentimenta
>> 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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>> upon her daughter.
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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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>> BUT.........
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>> Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how
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>> many miles are
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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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