Relationships
By Stéphanie Rourke Jackson
“Kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending pottery with gold, teaches that brokenness is not the end of the story. When relationships are repaired with patience, forgiveness, and love, the golden seams become part of their beauty. More beautiful for being broken.”
The Gift of Grown-Up Girlfriends: Making them. Keeping them. Letting them go.
There is something special about a good girlfriend.
Not just the friend you meet for lunch or the one who likes all your Instagram posts, but the woman who knows your story. She knows what you’ve walked through, what you’re worried about, what you’re celebrating and sometimes, just by looking at you, she knows when something isn’t quite right.
As women, we need those friendships.
Yet making and maintaining friendships as grown women can be surprisingly hard.
Friends for a Reason, a Season, or for Life
This week, I had to say goodbye to two people—and it made me thinking about the beautiful truth tucked into a phrase I once read: “Friends for a reason, friends for a season, and friends for a lifetime.”
Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of meeting and building various types of relationships with remarkable people—some vital to my healing, growth, survival, and success. I’ve also lost contact with many, not out of conflict, but simply because life moved on. Scripture tells us that “there is a time for everything”… and that includes friendships. Not everyone is meant to be your friend forever.
Written by: STEPHANIE ROURKE JACKSON