While visiting some of our home and nursing home bound members, I heard a discussion on the radio about a fascinating book called The Girls From Ames: A Story of Women and A Forty Year Friendship. Its going to be a part of my sermon for this Sunday, but I wanted to give you a chance to check out the website...its a fascinating look at women's friendships, and a particular set of friendships "grown" in the midwest.
The other thing I found interesting was the fact that around the age of forty women begin to revalue their friendships, perhaps after years of raising a family and tending to a marriage. During the ages of 25-40 women tend to lose sight of those friendships, but later re-focus on those important relationsips. Interestingly, men have a much more difficult time of making friends after their youth, and tend not to take care of the ones they do have...which is something I can personally attest to.
Check out the website for the book at: http://www.girlsfromames.com/
Thoughts?
Pastor Kevin
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