More Than Friendship

I had the pleasure of speaking to one of my best friends today.  She lives in Brooklyn and we do not get to catch up as often as we would like, we had success today!!  We spoke about anything and everything, just the way I like it.  It was wonderful and refreshing to talk to someone who knows me so well, but so sad that she is not a part of my daily routine anymore.

Someone I respect very much recently told me that women's lack of relationships with other women is a big part of marital problems that lead to divorce.  After some contemplation... I believe this statement to be true.  Women used to be together all day, cooking, cleaning, making and mending clothes, taking care of each others children, teaching their children, even helping one another give birth.  Think of how much they must have shared... stories they told, life lessons shared, secrets, tears and overwhelming joy.  Thinking of how intimate, sacred and special these relationships must have been stirs something inside of me, that is how I came to my conclusion about the truth of this statement. 

Speaking to my friend today made me think of this, and it made me want to cultivate and cherish my female relationships even more than I do already.  I adore my husband but he can not, and should not be, all things to me.  I think for a lot of women this realization would be life changing, for them and for their husbands.



One of the things I spoke to my dear friend about today was this verse below...

Which one are you?
"There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way".  CS Lewis