Girls' Club

The latest venture by Sally Clarkson is a joint writing project with her daughters Sarah and Joy. 

They each take a turn to be the voice of a chapter, except the introduction which provides a welcome of sorts by each woman. The entire gist of the book is cultivating friendship amongst the women in your life. Sarah, Sally and Joy reminisce about their friendship and how it has grown. Joy and Sarah share how intentional Sally was in cultivating a friendship with them. And because of that, both girls have become intentional to cultivate friendships with the women around them as adults. Sally recounts friendship with a lady named Gwen that started while Sally was in missions and continues even to this day. Their friendship has endured time and space and change. I appreciate that they tackle the loneliness that we often feel, especially in this world where so much emphasis is on social media. My family has moved SO much in the last 8 1/2 years that I have spent a lot of time feeling lonely. This last move from Texas to North Dakota left me feeling very lonely as I had just gotten to the point where I felt like I had community and friendship in Texas. But thankfully God is developing a sense of that here in North Dakota.

I love that Sally has been intentional all their lives in creating a lifelong friendship with Sarah and Joy. I also love that the routines and habits that she has, have carried over into her daughters' lives. It gives me hope that the routines I have may spill over into my children's lives. That may be them seeing me value quiet time with God will teach them to value quiet time with God. Another thing that I love is how they all value each other. Joy is valued just as much, even from a young age, as Sarah even though Sarah is eleven years older. 

The goal of this book is for you and I (the reader) to cultivate friendship with the women and little ladies around us (Joy shares a letter she wrote to her infant niece, Sarah's daughter). To develop deep meaningful relationships that does life together. That pray together, read together, travel together, and do life together. Doing life together is being there during the happy days and the sad days. 

The fact that we were born girls make it where we are already members of the Girls' Club but perhaps we need to join a local chapter (not literally but figurately speaking) so we can do life with other members of the Girls' Club. 

{FYI: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for my HONEST opinion.}