My Dream = Girlfriendology
Girlfriendology – the online community for women based on inspiration, appreciation & celebration of female friendship … that’s my dream!
Funny … I’ve been wanting to do this for a couple years and finally started to take actual steps toward it last week when I met with a girlfriend to discuss a plan. (Thanks Cyndi!) Then, as often happens in life – the timing was eerie as I was inspired by the Martin Luther King video of his “I have a dream” speech and a speaker that challenged me to go after my dreams.
So, with admiration of Dr. King, my dream is to start a community of women who can connect, share, inspire, motivate and laugh together. Girlfriendology.com is coming soon (the trademark is in process!) and I’m moving forward on this without knowing how it all will happen. I just know that is has to happen.
My girlfriends let me cry and make me laugh. You accept me no matter what size I wear or if I have spinach in my teeth! You amazing women are the constant cheerleaders who I know are there no matter what. You bless my life each day with your emails, calls and just knowing that the next time I see you, will be just like it was yesterday and we’ll laugh together just as easily.
So, I ask for your emotional support, creative ideas and wonderful sense of humor! And, if you’d like you share your dreams and any recommendations on how Girlfriendology.com can grow, please share!
Thanks again for being my favorite female friends and inspiration for my dream!
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For more on Girlfriendology and other girlfriend inspired sites, check out:
- Be a better friend – what defines you?
- Friendship Circle - Meet some of our Girlfriends who are passionate about female friendship also
- Women, friendship and social media
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Great name, sure to be a hit! What would make me go to a spa day with girlfriends? Anything–hard day at home or at work, a new spa opening in town, a gift certificate, a vacation approaching, relationship advice, etc.
Great idea, Debba! You go girl!
Love comes in many different forms and husbands and boyfriends can’t possibly meet all of our emotional needs, hence the need for girlfriends. Women are just wired differently than men and there’s comfort and celebration in similarity, familiarity, and just plain being “understood”. Every day is a good day to celebrate my girlfriends or to put together a girls night of any kind…I don’t get excited about much, but I do get excited about seeing my girlfriends and spending time with them…no men allowed! Why? Because they “get it!”
The following is an email I received that pretty much sums it all up!
Young and newly married, I relaxed under a
pecan tree on a hot Texas summer
day, drinking iced tea and getting to know my
new sister-in-law, Estelle.
Not much older than I, but already the mother
of three, Estelle seemed to me experienced and wise.
“Get yourself some girlfriends,” she advised,
clinking the ice cubes in her glass.
“You are going to need girlfriends. Go
places with them; do things with them.
” What a funny piece of advice, I
thought. Hadn’t I just gotten married?
Hadn’t I just joined the couple-world?
I was a married woman, for goodness sake,
not a young girl who needed girlfriends. But I listened
to this new sister-in-law. I got myself some girlfriends.
As the years tumbled by, one after another,
gradually I came to understand that Estelle knew
what she was talking about. Here is what I know about them:
* Girlfriends bring casseroles and scrub your bathroom when you are sick.
* 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 might send you a birthday card, but they might not. It does not matter in the least.
* Girlfriends laugh with you, and you don’t need canned jokes to start the laughter.
* Girlfriends pull you out of jams.
* Girlfriends don’t keep a calendar that lets them know who hosted the other last.
* Girlfriends will give a party for your son or daughter when they get married or have a baby, in whichever order that comes!
* And girlfriends are there for you, in an instant and truly, when the hard times come.
* Girlfriends listen when you lose a job or a husband.
* Girlfriends listen when your children break your heart.
* Girlfriends listen when your parents’ minds and bodies fail.
* My girlfriends bless my life.
Once we were young, with no idea of the incredible joys or the incredible sorrows that
lie ahead. Nor did we know how much we would need each other.
Pass this on to your girlfriends. Let them know how much you appreciate them.
Even the best husbands can’t do for us what girlfriends can do. When my DH and I are having problems — like when he doesn’t seem to be giving me enough “face time” … or isn’t understanding me like I think he should, I’ve realized it’s because I haven’t been spending enough much time with my girlfriends. The result? I try to turn HIM (poor guy) into a girlfriend!!!!
We need our girlz … A LOT! Kudos to Girlfriendology.
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