“A friend in need is a friend indeed.”I did a little research on this well-known phrase. The Phrase Finder says:
Meaning
It is sometimes suggested that this phrase means ’someone who needs your help becomes friendly in order to obtain it’ … Most people understand it to mean, ‘someone who helps you when you are in need is a true friend‘. Read More
Happy 8th day of National Women’s Friendship Month!What are YOU doing to celebrate your favorite female friends? Recently we saw this list of ideas on Celebrate with Style and they graciously allowed us to share it with you. (And we graciously invite you to add your own ideas to the list by leaving comments on how you’re celebrating National Women’s Friendship Month!) Read More
Little things like changes in the weather affect our hair, our mood or the shoes we wear, right? Big changes, like lifestyle stuff (jobs, relationships, where we live, etc.) impact even more. They create an unsettled environment and sometimes a place we’re not at home with.
Thankfully we have our girlfriends. They’re the calming force, the common factor, the stable ’sister’ in the midst of change. Thankfully they’re there for us. Read More
I met SUGAR JONES at a conference earlier this year. She’s the kind of girl who’s kind of a ‘walking party’ (in a good way!) and is thoughtful, deep and caring too. She’s smart, sassy and silly – a great combo! So, it is no surprise that this fun chick gets the whole ‘girlfriend thing.’ You know – how much we NEED our friends and how we also need to show our appreciation for them, like she did in this guest blog in honor of International Friendship Day: Read More
That’s my Friday morning. Usually around 4am or so, I’ll wake up to finish the weekly Girlfriendology newsletter. On rare (and bad!) mornings, my wifi doesn’t work (like this morning) so I head off to my cool church which offers the mall-like lobby for everyone (along with free wifi and coffee – bonus!).
Around 8am my girlfriends come for our Friday morning catch-up. Becky, Jill, Ruth Sara and I share our news, tears, laughs and lives in the comfort only found among girlfriends. Read More
Did you celebrate International Friendship Day 2009?Go on a trip with your BFFs? Give all your girlfriends gifts? Send a card to every woman who has made a difference in your life?
It’s unfortunate, but with all the “greeting card produced” holidays (like ‘Second Cousins’ or ‘Forklift Drivers Day’*), a day like “International Friendship Day” gets very little attention. In fact, there were varying facts online – one site said it was the first Sunday in August, Wikipedia (on that Sunday) said it was the second Sunday in August. (Now Wikipedia has changed back to the first Sunday – August 2, 2009.) Per Wikipedia: Read More
Girlfriends share stuff – that’s what we do. Stuff like secrets, surprises and all the stress we’re going through.It helps to share. It ‘lightens our load’ to have another caring person help us when we feel weighted down by life, business … aka: ’stuff.’ And it’s fun to share Read More
So fun to stop and think about the women who bless our lives with their friendships. The neighbor gals who share life (and wine) together and the new friends you meet through old friends – all contribute to our overall happiness. And we have the awesome opportunity to make their life better with our time, consideration, support, laughter and love. Read More
Knowing that you can trust them and that they see the best in you. Best Friend – what an awesome title! Read More
In that spirit of best-friendship, (and in the words of Carrie Bradshaw), I couldn’t help but wonder Read More
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