Sisterhood
I am not the “typical” woman, if there really is such a thing. I don’t understand the shoe obsession, don’t play the “I want something , but you are going to have to guess and I am mad at you until you figure it out” game, and I tend to tell it like it is. I have never had a manicure (except for my wedding day), have no qualms about insects, and don’t shy away from heavy lifting. I have sisters, close, so I know what it is to be one. But I never really understood the bond between some women. Most of my friends were men.
That is, until the past two years when I started reaching out to other mothers and started blogging. I learned something.
Sisterhood.
It transcends DNA. It transcends distance. It is a connection of the soul, pure and simple.
You know you are a sister when:
You know each other so well you have forgotten you have never met face to face. You know their heart, their grit, their insecurities, quirkiness, hopes and fears and they know yours. You know their stones.
You think nothing of driving four hours to sit with a friend going through a crisis, just to hold their hand, and wait.
When you know each others scars, both literal and figurative.
When an amazing woman that you have never met offers her airline miles to get you to a conference because you are “needed”.
Your inbox is bursting with well wishes, concern, and cards after a scary hospital stay, saying that you were missed (at the conference you were supposed to be attending but were in the hospital instead), and you were in fact needed. You know you are a sister when these women come and sit with you when you return home, acting as a caretaker for you and your children.
You have laughed together, cried together, sat at each others table and shared a meal. You have jumped into action in times of need.
You write each other often, encouraging each other, arguing with each other, chiding each other.
You conquered a mountain together sharing a three man tent in 97 degree weather.
When your heart yearns to finally meet, finally make that face to face connection, and to knock down the barrier distance provides.
Sisterhood.
Women I have “met” through this medium have woven themselves into the fabric of my being. They inspire me, make me laugh deep in my core, make me want to do better, be better.
“You know each other so well you have forgotten you have never met face to face.” Wow; exactly. Thank you for this beautiful post, and for sharing your take on the blogging sisterhood with all of us.
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This was beautiful!
(And I’m not the normal kind of woman either. I didn’t even have a manicure on my wedding day. I did have my nails painted but that’s really the only time that’s even been done. Fingernail polish feels weird!)
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Thanks to @typeamom on Twitter (Kelby) for sharing this post. It is beautiful. I don’t have any blood sisters but I often forget that most of the time because of the sweet women in my life who do care. This is a beautiful post and I’m happy for you and your wonderful circle of sisters. Now I’m off to read your blog
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Beautiful post! (Found you through twitter, when @typeamom tweeted about your post.) Good luck in the contest!
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That was beautiful.
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Like you, most of my good friends have been men. I have a very few, very select female friends. We don’t get together often, but we always know that the others are there when we need them. No games, no manipulation, no tears.
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Absoultely beautiful job!
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Awww, that brought tears to my eyes. You are the sister I never had, but wished for.
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It would be so incredible to meet you. I hope and pray that you will be at the conference, but even if we don’t meet each other there, I know that you are my sistah!!
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Well, my friend..you take my breath away…I love you!!!
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Beautiful post and good luck! Off to read more of your blog…
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Really absolutely beautiful.
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