Girlfriends bring you chicken curry and scrub your bathroom when you need
help.


Girlfriends keep your children and keep your secrets.


Girlfriends give advice when you ask for it. Sometimes you take it,
sometimes you don't.


Girlfriends don't always tell you that you're right, but they're usually
honest.


Girlfriends still love you, even when they don't agree with your choices.


Girlfriends laugh with you, and you don't need canned jokes to start the
laughter.


Girlfriends pull you out of jams.


Girlfriends help you get out of bad relationships.


Girlfriends help you look for a new apartment, help you pack, and help you
move.


Girlfriends will give a party for your son or daughter when they get
married or have a baby, in whichever order that comes!


Girlfriends are there for you, in an instant and when the hard times come.


Girlfriends will drive through blizzards, rainstorms, hail, heat, and gloom
of night to get to you when your hour of need is desperate.


Girlfriends listen when you lose a job or a friend.


Girlfriends listen when your children break your heart.


Girlfriends listen when your parents' minds and bodies fail.


Girlfriends cry with you when someone you loved dies.


Girlfriends support you when the men in your life let you down.


Girlfriends help you pick up the pieces when men pack up and go.


Girlfriends rejoice at what makes you happy, and are ready to go out and
kill what makes you unhappy.


Times passes.


Life happens.


Distance separates.


Children grow up.


Love waxes and wanes.


Hearts break.


Careers end.


Jobs come and go.


Parents die.


Colleagues forget favours.


Men don't call when they say they will.


BUT girlfriends are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are
between you. A girlfriend is never farther away than needing her can reach.
When you have to walk that lonesome valley, and you have to walk it for
yourself, your girlfriends will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on,
praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting
with open arms at the valley's end. Sometimes, they will even break the
rules and walk beside you. Or come in and carry you out.