I was staying at a B&B in Portland, OR and the owner recommended this book to me. It is a book about 11 girls who met in grade school and have remained friends throughout their lives. The author wrote a column in the New York Times about women's friendships and received a ton of responses. He decided to take one of the responses and make it into a book. So he interviewed and spent time with them. It is intriguing that it is written by a man about women. These 11 girls go through life together, all the ups and downs. To this day they still continue to get together once a year for a reunion and now they live all over the U.S. "We root each other to the core of who we are, rather than what defines us as adults-by careers or spouses or kids. There's a young girl in each of us who is still full of life. When we're together, I try to remember that." There is something comforting about a friend who knows you before all your responsibilities name you. I have two friends that have known me since first grade and I love that we are still friends, that we have shared so much of our lives. "But in that moment, all ten of them later realized, they saw clearly that true friendship means a willingness to share both joy and complete despair." Life isn't always good and being a true friend means sticking with a person through all that life hands out. "Sometimes the only thing keeping a woman from falling over is the girlfriend right beside her." Oh how true this is. I've had my moments where I didn't think I could walk on but I did, and I did because I had a friend beside me. Those friends mean the world to me, I couldn't get through life without them. Also, the best friend you could have, a friend that will never fail you, is Jesus. He is a true friend who will be with you always, through every step of your life. He is the best friend a person could have because others may fail you but He never will. "Having these women in my world has meant not only acceptance, but radiant joy and laughter that knocks me right out of my chair. Through our darkest moments, we have lifted each other up. In every moment of grief we've shared, our laughter is a life vest, a secure promise that we will not go under." Oh I love that. I love that analogy that laughter is a life vest holding us up so we will not sink. We all need more laughter in our lives, I know I do. Saturday, November 17, 2012
The Girls From Ames
"The Girls From Ames" by Jeffrey Zaslow
I was staying at a B&B in Portland, OR and the owner recommended this book to me. It is a book about 11 girls who met in grade school and have remained friends throughout their lives. The author wrote a column in the New York Times about women's friendships and received a ton of responses. He decided to take one of the responses and make it into a book. So he interviewed and spent time with them. It is intriguing that it is written by a man about women. These 11 girls go through life together, all the ups and downs. To this day they still continue to get together once a year for a reunion and now they live all over the U.S. "We root each other to the core of who we are, rather than what defines us as adults-by careers or spouses or kids. There's a young girl in each of us who is still full of life. When we're together, I try to remember that." There is something comforting about a friend who knows you before all your responsibilities name you. I have two friends that have known me since first grade and I love that we are still friends, that we have shared so much of our lives. "But in that moment, all ten of them later realized, they saw clearly that true friendship means a willingness to share both joy and complete despair." Life isn't always good and being a true friend means sticking with a person through all that life hands out. "Sometimes the only thing keeping a woman from falling over is the girlfriend right beside her." Oh how true this is. I've had my moments where I didn't think I could walk on but I did, and I did because I had a friend beside me. Those friends mean the world to me, I couldn't get through life without them. Also, the best friend you could have, a friend that will never fail you, is Jesus. He is a true friend who will be with you always, through every step of your life. He is the best friend a person could have because others may fail you but He never will. "Having these women in my world has meant not only acceptance, but radiant joy and laughter that knocks me right out of my chair. Through our darkest moments, we have lifted each other up. In every moment of grief we've shared, our laughter is a life vest, a secure promise that we will not go under." Oh I love that. I love that analogy that laughter is a life vest holding us up so we will not sink. We all need more laughter in our lives, I know I do.
I was staying at a B&B in Portland, OR and the owner recommended this book to me. It is a book about 11 girls who met in grade school and have remained friends throughout their lives. The author wrote a column in the New York Times about women's friendships and received a ton of responses. He decided to take one of the responses and make it into a book. So he interviewed and spent time with them. It is intriguing that it is written by a man about women. These 11 girls go through life together, all the ups and downs. To this day they still continue to get together once a year for a reunion and now they live all over the U.S. "We root each other to the core of who we are, rather than what defines us as adults-by careers or spouses or kids. There's a young girl in each of us who is still full of life. When we're together, I try to remember that." There is something comforting about a friend who knows you before all your responsibilities name you. I have two friends that have known me since first grade and I love that we are still friends, that we have shared so much of our lives. "But in that moment, all ten of them later realized, they saw clearly that true friendship means a willingness to share both joy and complete despair." Life isn't always good and being a true friend means sticking with a person through all that life hands out. "Sometimes the only thing keeping a woman from falling over is the girlfriend right beside her." Oh how true this is. I've had my moments where I didn't think I could walk on but I did, and I did because I had a friend beside me. Those friends mean the world to me, I couldn't get through life without them. Also, the best friend you could have, a friend that will never fail you, is Jesus. He is a true friend who will be with you always, through every step of your life. He is the best friend a person could have because others may fail you but He never will. "Having these women in my world has meant not only acceptance, but radiant joy and laughter that knocks me right out of my chair. Through our darkest moments, we have lifted each other up. In every moment of grief we've shared, our laughter is a life vest, a secure promise that we will not go under." Oh I love that. I love that analogy that laughter is a life vest holding us up so we will not sink. We all need more laughter in our lives, I know I do. 
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