06.07.08

Embracing All Women As Girlfriends!

Posted in Girlfriend Newsletters at 7:20 pm by Administrator

I am sitting on my back porch, coffee by my side, preparing to write up my first Celebrate, Girlfriend! newsletter. Thoughts are running thru my mind trying to formulate and put this together mentally before sitting down to write. The thoughts are 1. How did I get here and 2. My original girlfriends watching this growth process. Lynn, Stephanie, Jordan, Lynnette, Lorena, Sheryl, Glyn, Debora, Daphne, Carmen, Cathy, Nicole, Connie, Tabbi, Tracy, Alison, Alyson, Lysa, Debbie, Jessica, Phyllis, Shannon, Sherri, Marcy, Teresa, Angie, Carol, Dawn, Diane, Kristie, Maria, Ruby, Sandy, Tammi. I mention these names knowing that I may have left off a few, they are in no particular order and I don’t talk to every single one of them every single day. Some I may only talk to a couple times a year. Not all of them know each other or of each other. However, when we do re-connect there is a sense of knowing we have always been there and would have answered the phone, jumped to help or just listened should any one of us have needed it. So, with just an idea and based on many wonderful women in my life, Celebrate, Girlfriend! came to be.

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Embracing All Women As Girlfriends!
“I don’t have any girlfriends!” This has to be the number one comment I hear when talking to women about Celebrate, Girlfriend! or when giving an invitation to an event. My first thought is always “Are you a girlfriend?” Let’s take a moment to look at ourselves. Let’s examine our own hearts in this matter. A girlfriend is a woman who embraces you exactly as you are. Not always in agreement with the choices you make, men you hang out with or the way you raise your kids. A girlfriend, however, honors you as a woman and allows you to make personal choices, without judgment. A girlfriend always speaks the truth to you. In a spirit of love and true concern and with the ability to let it go. Because ultimately the personal choices are still yours to make, no matter the situation. A girlfriend is trustworthy and always keeps a confidance. A girlfriend is not jealous. She stands beside you in your excitement, not wanting to take from you in order to make herself look or feel better. She wants to give you more. More encouragement, joy, hugs, smiles and “way to go’s”!
So the question comes back to you. Are you a girlfriend? Before you can fuss about not having any, start today living as one. And it’s not about going out and finding someone whose business you can get into. It’s not about getting in on the office gossip in order to have something to talk about. It is about you. You getting up at this moment and setting your intentions on being the best girlfriend YOU can be. Begin to see the small things that are brought to you each day. Become impeccable with your word s and actions, as well as holding every single thing said to you in complete confidance. You be the one who doesn’t gossip. Take this next day and begin to see the women in your life. Really see them. See them for every hurt, anger and frustration they have been through, as well as seeing them for every joy and blessing they have had. You don’t have to do anything about it. Just begin to see them. As you begin to really see them, embrace them. In your mind, heart and spirit, embrace all women as girlfriends. I am not saying to begin dumping on them, nor letting them dump on you. I am saying to open up, in your spirit, the idea that all women are girlfriends. All women have the same basic needs and desires. You are now making a conscious choice to be available. You are being intentional about opening up and becoming a girlfriend.
Women need each other! Women need girlfriends! They are not all going to be close confidantes nor will they all be the first one you call when your life is falling apart -or coming together beautifully. However, each one has a place and belongs. Open up to the women around you. Begin to see their value. Notice the women who lift you up and encourage you in being the best YOU you can be.

Next Newsletter: Setting Personal Boundries
Girlfriends honor us and our choices ~although they may not agree~
Girlfriends live without judgment.
Girlfriends live without jealousy.
Girlfriends honor confidences.
Girlfriends lift us up without rescuing us.
Girlfriends always live in truth ~and that truth being spoken in love~
Girlfriends Celebrate our differences.
Girlfriends know how to listen. Just listen.
Girlfriends know how to love themselves
and so then are able to love us ~unconditionally
~ Girlfriends Celebrate! ~Rachel

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