https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-sisters-friends-mothers-etc Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 07 May 2026 03:12:24 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-sisters-friends-mothers-etc#post-149290 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:48:57 +0000 marianna 149290@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Aww so sweet! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-sisters-friends-mothers-etc#post-149253 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:33:10 +0000 Theresa 149253@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Vani thank you for sharing!</p> <p>I don't have a sister and have a virtually non-existent relationship with my mother and I have certainly found the benefit of having some "sisters".</p> <p>If it weren't for my sisters I'd really rather not think about what my life might have been like... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-sisters-friends-mothers-etc#post-149234 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:46:59 +0000 Dawn 149234@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's a really sweet piece and made me miss my baby sister so much. Well I call her my baby sister when she's really 20- we are the two youngest siblings in my family. We have two older brothers and one older sister and those three siblings are quite close. However Heather and I were very close when we were younger. We shared a bedroom, played the same sports, read the same books, had the same friends and looked exactly alike. Even now, we share the exact same taste in clothes, music and movies, and are studying the same subject area in university (at different uni's and she's still an undergraduate). She is far more emotional that I am and I am more level-headed than she is so we often have crazy arguments as well. For the last two years since she started university, we've often rang each other for the most random conversations, advice, assistance and access to one another's wardrobe- same dress size and shoe size! At the moment, she is working in Kenya for six months and I can't wait for her to come back so we can catch up again as power cuts in Nairobi means that she often isn't able to keep in contact by internet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-sisters-friends-mothers-etc#post-149231 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:32:41 +0000 Michelle 149231@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How lovely and thoughtful! Thanks so much for sharing, Vani. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-sisters-friends-mothers-etc#post-149191 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:01:33 +0000 taylor 149191@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have received this some time ago...still a lovely reminder...THANKS Vani:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-sisters-friends-mothers-etc#post-149190 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:58:36 +0000 Louise 149190@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh how sweet i shall be passing this on x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-sisters-friends-mothers-etc#post-149180 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:56:52 +0000 Debora 149180@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So true, Vani. Thanks for sharing with all your YLF sisters! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-sisters-friends-mothers-etc#post-149174 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:43:00 +0000 Srujana 149174@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So sweet Vani...I'm passing this on to my best friend =) I never had a real sister, but the 'sisters of my soul' are all women that I couldn't live without... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-sisters-friends-mothers-etc#post-149131 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:24:22 +0000 Inge 149131@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mums, sisters and girlfriends are definitely priceless, it's good to be reminded of that sometimes. Thanks Vani! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-sisters-friends-mothers-etc#post-149121 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:03:14 +0000 Angie 149121@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think I got one of these too. Nice sentiment. I never had a sister but girlfriends do make up for that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-sisters-friends-mothers-etc#post-149114 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:34:19 +0000 rute 149114@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have received the same e-mail but in Portuguese, of course! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-sisters-friends-mothers-etc#post-149112 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:32:42 +0000 Vani 149112@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I received an email forward from a friend of mine. I couldn't help but think of the YLF 'sisters' in my life, so, here's to you fab, wonderful ladies! :-)</p> <p> A young wife sat on a sofa on a hot humid day,<br /> drinking iced tea and visiting with her mother. As<br /> they talked about life, about marriage, about the<br /> responsibilities of life and the obligations of<br /> adulthood, the mother clinked the ice cubes in her<br /> glass thoughtfully and turned a clear, sober glance<br /> upon her daughter.</p> <p> 'Don't forget your sisters,' she advised, swirling<br /> the tea leaves to the bottom of her glass. 'They'll<br /> be more important as you get older. No matter how<br /> much you love your husband, no matter how much you<br /> love the children you may have, you are still going<br /> to need sisters. Remember to go places with them now<br /> and then; do things with them.'</p> <p> 'Remember that 'sisters' means ALL the women...<br /> your girlfriends, your daughters, and all your other<br /> women relatives too. 'You'll need other women. Women<br /> always do.'</p> <p> What a funny piece of advice!' the young woman<br /> thought. Haven't I just gotten married?<br /> Haven't I just joined the couple-world? I'm now a<br /> married woman, for goodness sake! A grownup! Surely<br /> my husband and the family we may start will be all I<br /> need to make my life worthwhile!'</p> <p> But she listened to her mother. She kept contact<br /> with her sisters and made more women friends each<br /> year. As the years tumbled by, one after another,<br /> she gradually came to understand that her mother really<br /> knew what she was talking about. As time and nature<br /> work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman,<br /> sisters are the mainstays of her life.</p> <p> After more than 35 years of living in this world,<br /> here is what I've learned:</p> <p> THIS SAYS IT ALL:<br /> Time passes.<br /> Life happens.<br /> Distance separates.<br /> Children grow up.<br /> Jobs come and go.<br /> Love waxes and wanes.<br /> Men don't do what they're supposed to do.<br /> Hearts break.<br /> Parents die.<br /> Colleagues forget favors.<br /> Careers end. BUT.........</p> <p> Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how<br /> many miles are<br /> between you. A girl friend is never farther away<br /> than needing her can reach.<br /> When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you<br /> have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life<br /> will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on,<br /> praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on<br /> your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the<br /> valley's end.</p> <p> Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk<br /> beside you...Or come in and carry you out.<br /> Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters,<br /> daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers,<br /> Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended<br /> family: all bless our life!</p> <p> The world wouldn't be the same without women, and<br /> neither would I. When we began this adventure called<br /> womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or<br /> sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we<br /> would need each other.</p> <p> Every day, we need each other still. Pass this on<br /> to all the women who help make your life meaningful.<br /> I just did. Short and very sweet:<br /> There are more than twenty angels in this world.<br /> Ten are peacefully sleeping on clouds. Nine are<br /> playing. And one is reading her email at this<br /> moment. </p>