My sisters...03:39 May 30 2007
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...and I'm not talking about real sisters here...I have a brother who is an absolute waste of air and space, but have no BLOOD sisters. But you know what? Sometimes blood ISN'T thicker...
I have a Sister in law now...a lady who is 15 years my junior, who has worked hard to get herself through school, earn all her degrees, and become a teacher in a school where she can do some good here...and has done it ALL despite being a single mom. Yes she has had the help of her parents when needed, but don't we all need help once in a while? Against the odds, she has made something of herself, and in turn has the chance to help others make something of themselves. I see her struggling with the fact that she isn't quite where she wanted to be when she got to 30....and we talk, because at 44, who thought that I would have to start over from scratch? We listen to each other, and we don't judge.
I have three sisters of the heart, women who, like me, are strong willed, opinionated, determined, and self-sufficient. Women who I met, one from the other, here on VR...
One has single-handedly worked her way to having her own practice as a therapist, earning degrees and kudos for the work she has done..she has set her path, worked hard for it, and earned every drop of praise that I and her other sisters have heaped upon her, and yes, she is who she is, nothing more, nothing less...but that woman is extraordinary...
One has worked tirelessly over the years in her job as a dispatcher, then retired and has since been working selflessly to help out her family, going above and beyond the call of what most might call "family duties", and has done it without thought of recompense or payment. Not to mention that she has done it while having to deal with medical problems of her own, most of which she has chosen not to burden her friends with...but having been through some of the same tests and whatnot that she has, I have silently empathasized with her, letting her know when I could that I was there if she needed me, but giving her the space she needed to deal with this. Trust me, I have agonized along with her, worried for her, and thought of her in my prayers often...
And last but not least, is a woman who, like me, was raised in her family's business, but unlike me, made it her life's work. She has also worked tirelessly, done everything possible to take as much of the burden of running a business on her own shoulders in order to make things smoother for her family, especially for her dad. I applaud her commitment to both her family and her business, and I cheer her for the fact that even though she recently had a very difficult situation to handle, she not only handled it, she handled it with grace and style, and she did what she knew she had to do. She had something hard to do, she knew it, she did it, and she stuck by her guns....
Any woman who sticks by her family, as all of these women have done, and handles the day to day business of running businesses, practices, careers, and families deserve all the kudos, *snaps* and props we can give them- it ain't easy out there people, and most of the time, when you say "someone will take care of it" these are usually the women who do just that...
And for all of that, and for the unending support you have given to me as well, I salute you. You are women of grace, style, determination, warmth, and solidarity.
Thank you for being my friends.
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