Thursday Thinking—"It’s a Sociological Fact . . ."

Marjorie Hinckley said: “Oh, how (women) need each other. Those of us who are old need you who are young. And, hopefully, you who are young need some of us who are old. It is a sociological fact that women need women. We need deep and satisfying and loyal friendships with each other.”

I’ve been thinking of that quote a lot this week:  

 

~When we went on a long walk down on the beach and then stopped at the bakery for a Danish on the climb back home.

~When we sat in the front room and worked on projects.  Cali sewed an apron. Grace worked on Clara’s scrapbook.  I cut and pasted a Christmas gift.  Sometimes we visited.  Sometimes we listened to music.  Once we listened to a talk on leadership and then replayed parts again and again to discuss them.  

~When we went to the temple.  Our first choice would have been to have our husbands by our sides, but there was an unmistakable strength that came from the three of us sitting side by side.  There was a warmth and resolve to lift each other’s burdens and care for each other.

~When we ordered red velvet cheese cake and lived on cold cereal, fresh fruit, and peanut butter sandwiches.

~When we jogged up a hill and Cali could see that gravity was going to suck me back into the ocean so she chanted, “You can do it.  You can do it.  You can do it” until we beat the force.

~When we went to the fabric store to buy fabric for a special sewing project and spent at least 30 minutes selecting buttons and lace that were just right.

I only wish Ande were here, because women need women.