Women I Want to Grow Old With
By lb50 on November 10, 2012
By Diane Gage Lofgren and Margaret Bhola –
Why This Book Is Designed for You!
Girlfriends. They’re our companions, confidants, support group, play dates, and lifelines. We’re at our best when we know they’re there for us– leading the way on a new adventure or in the background ready to listen when we reach out. They’re by our side in the fun and tough times.
Women I Want to Grow Old With looks at what it takes to be intentional about making and keeping our girlfriends – for a lifetime!
Our friends are as close as sisters and, sometimes, they are our sisters! We love to laugh with them and, occasionally, stir up trouble with ‘em! They’re our thought partners, voices of reason, and devil’s advocates. We double date and search for a mate with them. They let us down and, once in a while, infuriate us. We forgive, and so do they. And, if we’re lucky enough, no matter our age, we’ll find women we want to grow old with.
Do We Have Friends Who Are Really There for Us?
So we think we have plenty of girlfriends? Not so fast. The truth is, most of us might be hard-pressed to list the top three women we’d call upon if our lives fell apart today. Most women desperately need female friendships. Yet the urgencies of the moment prevent us from facing this reality. For many reasons, we don’t do what we need to do to ensure a rich safety net of women we can rely on when life is good or when all hell breaks loose.
As women, we fear being alone or lonely when we move, lose a job, see our kids leave home, suffer the death of a partner or spouse, or even retire. Yet, it’s easy to brush off that fear with the notion, “Oh I have friends, I don’t need to worry.” If we’re honest, most of us go on autopilot when it comes to our friends. We don’t take deliberate action to secure our relationships or upgrade our friend-making skills. Can we really afford to be smug or blind to the importance of making and growing our female friendships?
Let’s not get caught friendless at the very moment we need friends the most. This book propels us to take action now – and reap the benefits of having women in our life who we want to grow old with. It’s so much more satisfying to Grow Old Together with Courage, Health and Attitude – GOTCHA!
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