Kelly....I LOVE the way you write your wonderful thoughts. Thank you for sharing your words both in writing and in reading to us! This piece talked so much about the relationship I have had with my wonderful mother. She is 91, recently moved to a longterm care home. In the past few months my mother has lost so much cognitive ground. I weep for what we no longer can share in words but the strength of her arms around me say more than words! You have inspired me to write again today! joanne
WOW!!! THANK YOU!! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GIFT I FOUND FOR IWD. JUST OUTSTANDING. IN 5 MINS YOU MOVED ME FROM CURIOUS TO A SMILE, TO TEARS AND TO A SENSE OFREAL SENSE OF BEING A WOMAN. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
In the English language, there is no word that describes this sort of group of female friends. We intend to have the name Chica Peeps fill that void and become the household expression for groups of women that hang out together.
I was so moved thanks for giving me that. I too belong to an amazing group of woman who I can't imagine not being in my life. I feel blessed to have them in my life and I am so glad that others can experience this joy. Peace
As a young survior of Breast Cancer, I enjoyed listening to your essay. We take things for granted and we don't realize it until something like Cancer happens. This was a moving piece that spoke volumes to me. Thank you!
This is the BEST 5 minutes I have ever spent. Thanks to all those woman who watch my heart. My life is better having you with me for this journey. THANK you in YELLOW
I love my girlfriends...sometimes you forget the people you encounter over the span of 20 years. This video made me laugh and cry...so true as we move to different stages in life.
I love this vidoe- when a girlfriend sent it to me months ago...I watched it three times in a row and cried over and over-it made me think of all my girlfriends-
Thank you Kelly. My sister-friend of 34 years passed away to brain cancer three years ago. I miss her EVERY day: we talk EVERY day. She is soon to have her first grandbaby. She will be busting with pride! You wrote for us all!
For those of you out there that believe in the power of friendship and prayer. Please pray for my friend Linda and her husband Jeff as they grieve the loss of their 22 year old son Will. My heart breaks for them.
Kelly, I am brazilian and I just got your book. What I wanted to say is that no matter where we are from, we, women are the same. Same feelings, same worries, same love. And that's why the world is a great place to be. Because we are women and we carry the world with love. You really did a great job! Thank you.
the only absolute in this life that i have found to be incontestable is that the reality of a woman is the only reality that is capable of making sense of life-and therefore the only reality worth possessing
One of my best GF's gave me this book for Valentine's Day! We met when her oldest and my youngest were in pre-k
11 years ago. Although VAINPARN moved away from my life, I talk to her at least once a day. She is a true testament to what lasting friendship is all about. Everyone should be lucky enough to have a good friend send you Kelly's book... just because they love you. I't time for me to pass the book on.
In the words of Sandra Bullock...Begginings are scary, endings are usually sad, but its the middle that counts the most(from the movie Hope Floats). I think we can all agree that we all need girlfriends to ride this road with us. These words you spoke are amazing. I will be buying your book and I cant wait to read it.
I was with my mom in her final months and saw that experience as her final gift to me. What a gift to learn to see death as a process instead of a crisis.
We named ourselves the Beefer Girls one lunch on the first day of school when our kids started Gr 1 (B-for Bitch = Beefer) because when we get together we Bitch about everything..good & bad! & usually w/ a good dose of wine! We have seen our children grow, lost /found loves, lost parents/siblings & even sadly one of "our" own children. It has been a joy & privilege to be there through it all. We have loved, cried, fought & forgiven. I know we will be there for each other always! (Cheers!) L.
There is nothing like the power and support of a woman's group. If you have one, cherish it. If you don't have one, get one- make one. You will never regret it and you will be stronger, more blessed, and richer because of it. Thank you for sharing your heart in this amazing peice of writing. M
As a 2 time breast cancer survivor I am fortunate to be alive and raising my three girls. My youngest was just 5, the others 10 and 15. Now they are 12, 17 and 22. My faith and friends carried me through way too much chemo, and way too many worries about my girls growing up without a mom. Kelly and I are in a BIG sisterhood of cancer survivors, but the bigger sisterhood of being a woman and understanding this moving tribute unites us all, no explanation needed for tears and a warmed heart. A+
I lost my husband at 36 and my dad a week later. I've been the needy and I've been needed. I'm a daughter, sister, sister-in-law, wife, second wife, mother, stepmother and nurse. Through it all, my mother, sisters, sister-in laws, daughters, step-daughters, girlfriends and female colleagues have carried me through. I love men, but I'm so glad, and especially proud to be a woman.
I'm so sorry for your losses, bluespectra. I lost my mother within a month of being diagnosed as cancer, after mistakenly being told it was arthritis. She was with me almost every day and I miss her terribly. I'm glad you have such wonderful support. We're both lucky in that respect.
I too am incredibly close to my mom - I am sorry for your loss. I worry about the day I have to say goodbye to her. She's the only person I can count on that understands me. Indeed, MOMS ROCK Hopefully she still insires you in ways only you may understand. In Sisternood
She captured the spirit of what makes women special. A woman or a group of women can bring strength, support, grace and fragility of a spiderweb to whatever is before them. Thank you Kelly. You captured the spirit of our Soulstice Sisters.
This writing is just remarkable. Those of us who were fortunate to have groups of friends, but moved and now have individual friends are thankful for what is in our past and love those who are in our present.
Yes, a "chick-flick," but more than that. A celebration of what it means to grow with sympathetic "female-hood," to share both the good, the bad, and the not-so-shabby. I have a VERY close girlfriend who I would not trade for dozens. WOMAN-POWER - God bless.
I am a man and a very sentimental, soft hearted one at that. This is a very beautiful piece. There is something very special about a truly best friend. I am 66 years old and have friendship with a fellow I have known since we were in fifth grade together. We still correspond very regularly. The beautiful words spoken by Kelly Corrigan are as meaningful to guys as they are to the ladies.
Thanks Kelly. My friend and I of 45 years just returned from celebrating our 50th birthdays in NYC. We have been there for each other through the good and the bad, the thick and the thin. She has been helping me carry a very heavy burden most recently when my son was killed by a drunk driver. I forwarded this video to her to let her know how much she means to me. I am so blessed to have her in my life.
My niece sent this to me. My special group of women are called the Starfish 5. It's a long story but the good times and the difficult times depicted in this video could have been written specifically about us. Reminds me that the human race are actually more alike than we are different!
The tenderness and sensitivity of your words will reach to the hearts of many women. I know it did mine. Thank you for the poetic celebration of women supporting one another and those they love.
This is FANTASTIC. Oh how well it describes the relationships between women. Sometimes we wonder how we do the things we do, then we see something like this & know how much strength we get from leaning on each other when the going gets rough.
This was e-mailed to me in a link...i thought it was beautiful and a great play on words explaining how women lean on each others strengths to get by bad times and how there also there for the good times.
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Yes, this does represent the world we live in. But if your true comfort doesn't come from a personal relationship with the real Jesus. Because wounds don't heal you just cover them over with time. Losses are never recovered, and love never is really restored. Friends are very important but the truth is they can never be there for you like Jesus can.
Word! Excellent. My group of strong women is The Pious Ladies. My now-33 year old daughter named us that years ago as a diss -- but we adopted the name happily. Since 1983, the Pious Ladies have met once a month at rotating houses, sharing everything. Just like this video says.
The strong women in my life called themselves BOODLERS! They went out every Thursday just for fellowship. Thank God for the strong women in our lives.
It is so nice that you would take the time to express yourself with these healing words. you never know how powerful the words can be for one person. thanks!
Wonderfully said--it touches all of our lives! Cat, thank you for sharing this with me. To my long distance best friends....Cat in Lee's Summit, Connie in Hutchinson, and Chrystie in Germany...I love my 1974 gal-pals always!!! Can't wait for us all to get together in Vegas 2009 & make our own youtube video of special memories. :-) Hugs, Jane XOXOXOXOXO
Eloquent words from a woman who knows the true meaning of life... she is very blessed! Thankyou for sharing this with all of us who share in your life philosophy.
Joy unleashed! My heart is beating with happiness. Thank you Rhoda my loving friend in Colorado for sharing Kelly's ode to live with your Celebrant family, I'll pass it on. xxxooo
Eloquently said. A female friend of mine just died of cancer this month. I had 2 uncles die from cancer last year - within 3 months of each other. Your words were very moving. Thank you.
I am a four month survivor of esophogeal cancer. Dealing with this disease has been a transcending experience for me. It has changed all my priorities and has made me realize more fully the overwhelming importance of family and friends. Although I am a sixty-one year old male, I was moved to tears by this video and was inspired to a degree that is hard to explain. Thanks!
Ms. Corrigan's words eloquently spoke to the heart of the bond I share with my women friends, who know me from 'here to there' & 'then to now' without a word spoken.
You have expressed so beautifully the essence of what I value about my chosen sisters...my own "flock." I'm so blessed to have them! Thank you for sharing those soulful words and thoughts!
This moved me to tears. Absolutely beautiful. And so very, very true. To everyone who has a loved one with cancer or another disease or debilitating condition, I wish you peace and strength.
Thanks kelli for your wonderful story. I have just been burdened with the news of my father having cancer and am really struggling. I dont have any close friends(due to a nasty ex and divorce) but I do my my heart. I will keep this on file so that I may watch when I am low.You have a very beautiful voice and smile that was very comforting to watch. thank you kelli, God Bless you!
I am a Hospice nurse who just lost a former co-worker. Everything Kelly said is so true. We need to remember. Don't put off helping another, do it today.
Thank you Kelly for giving me the opportunity to remember a lifetime of Memorable Friends! Your video was sent to me by my daughter who is blessed also with a circle of Memorable Friends whom I am sure she loves dearly!
What an incredible story...an even more incredible story teller. God bless you for perservering, for reaching out to the rest of us. Having lost my sister to breast cancer in Oct '06 (she was 46,) I leaned heavily on my friends. Your beautiful reading enabled me to send these brave women a unique thank you. You are incredible and I'm off to buy your book. Thank you, thank you, Dawn
Just great! Forunately I am in a group of about 25-30 women, depends, who have been together for 25 plus years, some lomger. It is a true Blessing to b a part of a loving group of women who can share, cry and laughe ther! Thanks Kelli
Congratulations Kelly on such a beautiful piece! I would love to start a group like that. Can anyone tell me the how's, do's and don'ts of starting one? I went to school and college overseas, so I don't really have any life-long friends, but it's never too late to start. It's just as fun to talk about grandchildren, if that is where you are in life. I'd love to hear from someone!
The most important person in the world sent me this link; I am currently having one of the worst possible things happening to my family now and this speech has never been more pertinent - THANK YOU
I LOVE IT!!! I needed a good cry, and this not only gave me that, but a feeling of "I'm not alone"... I can completely understand every part of this speech, and it all hits so close to home. Thank you for being enlightened enough to write such a wonderful story, God bless you and all whom you know.
On so many levels, this hit home. I'm a mother, wife, grandmother, friend and, who isn't, a volunteer for many groups. But most of all I'm me, and after listening to this beautiful and moving speech, I'm so thankful that I was blessed to be born a woman so that I can experience all that Kelley wrote about. Thank you for helping me remember!
WOW...Did this hit close to home. I have been blessed to be part of a group of 6 wonderful women called the "Hoe Dogs". We have been getting together every year for 25 years each October. We have transcended many things....divorce, the loss of a child, the loss of parents and more. We have laughed until we cried and cried until there were no more tears so we laughed. What a joy they have been in my life. I look forward to 25 more years of "the Hoe's"
I heard a comment not long ago from a man waiting on his wife outside a restroom in a restaurant, he just could not understand that women talk to each other in the restrooms. I love that, that we are open enough to love each other, immediately.
How eloquent and fabulously worded. This has struck such a chord in me that I have watched it four times today already, so beautiful. Thank you for sharing your gift of the written word with us!
Under a shadow of PMS and affects of a full moon and bad, overprocessed, dry hair, I watched this, I cried, I smiled and my soul felt lighter. Thank you so very much.
Boy,talk about what real friendship is all about. For those of us who have no families, I cherish the friends who make me feel like family. I love you Miss Vicki
I lost my husband just over a year ago. If it wasn't for my friends, I'd be lost. I have a great group of old friends. We've known each other since grade school. They came running to my side. And I made great new friends in a hospice grief group. They also are friends to be treasured. It was one of them who sent me the link to this video. Just wonderful!
This is one of the most heartfelt "monologues" I have ever heard. My mom sent it to me and I could just see the tears running down her cheeks as she told me how glad she is to have me in her life. I am so thankful to have her in my life as well. She is my best friend, and an incredibly strong woman. I am very blessed to have the kind of friends Kelly describes, and saddened to have lost some of them just the same. Thank you, Kelly...it was beautifully written and read :)
I find it unbelievable how stupid some of you people are. What kind of moran looks at something like this and is looking at peoples race??? I guess someone who is racist against white people would. Who cares if she knows black people or not - why are you even looking at that it's so irrelavant. Look at the message it applies to anyone you idiot.
Let go of your anger; you will feel so much better. Don't look for what's wrong with things, look for what is good. I can't imagine being anything but uplifted by these words. Ignore hateful angry people's comments, don't let them drag you down.
The words I was mentioning were those of Kelli, not the morons below. How can anyone worry about color after listening to the amazing, uplifting words of Kelli.Some people will never really know how great life is and have such sad lives that they must start a fight on youtube rather than just transcending.The tears I shed after watching this video, were tears of joy, for I am lucky enough to have such special friends as Kelli describes, friends I love dearly and forever... friends of all colors.
I have balled many tears after listening to your words. This past year I fought the fight against breast cancer and it is with the strength, the ears, the touch, the help and the heart of my friends that I was able to overcome the mental and physical limitations presented to me on that horrible day in April. I am okay now. I still have some sad moments... but I am transcending!!! Thank you for putting on camera the words in my head.
A beautiful video and beautiful words. I am a happily married man. Men and women are different in their thoughts, words and actions. It is obvious there are males here who do not understand or appreciate women and the beauty of all women, not only in the way they look, but the way they express themselves. There is nothing wrong with women expressing themselves with other women. Men do the same thing, but not with as much emotion, and that is too bad.
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This was beautiful. However, I was dismayed to see that there were very few ethnicities displayed, in pictures or in the audience. Do while women only associate with white women?
Should they have thrown a few tokens in there to make you feel safe in your leftist delusions? If you've never noticed, blacks usually hang out together too; are you going to jump on their case? hey, i'm not seeing any men in this clip, these broads are sexist!
you do know that when you use anger and hatred in your comments that no one really cares about what you say. if you really have feelings you want to express and want others to hear, you might try not being so abrasive. We just think you are an idiot. But you think you are being tough and sardonic and that somehow there is a point to what you are saying. There isn't.
A lot of the pictures were from her mother's generation, she said in the 1960's. There was no information as far as where this presentation was to indicate why there is not a racial mix in the audience. It could be a reflection of the demographics in her location.
Kelly....I LOVE the way you write your wonderful thoughts. Thank you for sharing your words both in writing and in reading to us! This piece talked so much about the relationship I have had with my wonderful mother. She is 91, recently moved to a longterm care home. In the past few months my mother has lost so much cognitive ground. I weep for what we no longer can share in words but the strength of her arms around me say more than words! You have inspired me to write again today! joanne
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Love it!
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WOW!!! THANK YOU!! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GIFT I FOUND FOR IWD. JUST OUTSTANDING. IN 5 MINS YOU MOVED ME FROM CURIOUS TO A SMILE, TO TEARS AND TO A SENSE OFREAL SENSE OF BEING A WOMAN. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
CairnsOneness 10 months ago
Absolutely beautiful, and soo true of the power and strength of women who are always there for each other.
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have seen!
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In the English language, there is no word that describes this sort of group of female friends. We intend to have the name Chica Peeps fill that void and become the household expression for groups of women that hang out together.
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WOW! as tears roll down my cheeks. WOW!
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thanks Kelly - and many thanks to Kelly Rae for sharing x
sdcrafter 1 year ago
I was so moved thanks for giving me that. I too belong to an amazing group of woman who I can't imagine not being in my life. I feel blessed to have them in my life and I am so glad that others can experience this joy. Peace
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durantsx2 2 years ago
i listen to this when i need strength...and grounding. thank you. and peace to you.
99stargirl 2 years ago 2
As a daughter of a woman who died of Ovarian Cancer, your dialogue spoke so much to me...thank you so much...
mygiventitle 2 years ago 2
As a young survior of Breast Cancer, I enjoyed listening to your essay. We take things for granted and we don't realize it until something like Cancer happens. This was a moving piece that spoke volumes to me. Thank you!
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mygiventitle 2 years ago
This is the BEST 5 minutes I have ever spent. Thanks to all those woman who watch my heart. My life is better having you with me for this journey. THANK you in YELLOW
srnantkes 2 years ago 2
I love my girlfriends...sometimes you forget the people you encounter over the span of 20 years. This video made me laugh and cry...so true as we move to different stages in life.
ltapps 2 years ago 2
I love this vidoe- when a girlfriend sent it to me months ago...I watched it three times in a row and cried over and over-it made me think of all my girlfriends-
so beautiful! Diana Foster
faktORfiktion 2 years ago
Thank you Kelly. My sister-friend of 34 years passed away to brain cancer three years ago. I miss her EVERY day: we talk EVERY day. She is soon to have her first grandbaby. She will be busting with pride! You wrote for us all!
TheGeorgiegirl 2 years ago
This made me laugh and cry...very well done! :)
sparaciojones 2 years ago
For those of you out there that believe in the power of friendship and prayer. Please pray for my friend Linda and her husband Jeff as they grieve the loss of their 22 year old son Will. My heart breaks for them.
basswatta 2 years ago
Okay, my very good friend DJ just sent me the link to this. I think she was trying to make me cry. She did. Thanks, DJ. I love you, girl.
666MsKim 2 years ago
Thank you for eloquently summing up what my women friends mean to me.
DianaTro 2 years ago
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entrrt 2 years ago
Kelly, I am brazilian and I just got your book. What I wanted to say is that no matter where we are from, we, women are the same. Same feelings, same worries, same love. And that's why the world is a great place to be. Because we are women and we carry the world with love. You really did a great job! Thank you.
anafbraz 2 years ago 4
That was very uplifting, thank you!!
ValreeShoe 2 years ago
*sigh*
It just doesn't stop choking me up no matter how many times I watch it. I NEED this video right now like so many NEED to see this. Thank you, Kelly!
mydaydreamreality 2 years ago 3
WOW.
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What a beautiful portrait of women. Thank you.
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This story brought me to tears. It really hit home and is so well written...thank you for sharing .
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DTSFA 2 years ago
One of my best GF's gave me this book for Valentine's Day! We met when her oldest and my youngest were in pre-k
11 years ago. Although VAINPARN moved away from my life, I talk to her at least once a day. She is a true testament to what lasting friendship is all about. Everyone should be lucky enough to have a good friend send you Kelly's book... just because they love you. I't time for me to pass the book on.
DTSFA 2 years ago 2
In the words of Sandra Bullock...Begginings are scary, endings are usually sad, but its the middle that counts the most(from the movie Hope Floats). I think we can all agree that we all need girlfriends to ride this road with us. These words you spoke are amazing. I will be buying your book and I cant wait to read it.
chevychick7 2 years ago 2
I just got 5 of your books for Mother's Day to give to special people in my life."The Middle Place"
I cried hearing you for I lost my son with Acute Mylogenous Leukemia a year and a half ago. We think we can't go on but we can, we have to.
Thank You so much , so lovely.
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ms1675 2 years ago
I was with my mom in her final months and saw that experience as her final gift to me. What a gift to learn to see death as a process instead of a crisis.
briancronk 2 years ago 4
What a lovely expression of love. You made me cry.
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What an amazing story this brought me to tears!
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This is for my Sacred Six. You all are amazing and I love you all.
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shellytracy 2 years ago
We named ourselves the Beefer Girls one lunch on the first day of school when our kids started Gr 1 (B-for Bitch = Beefer) because when we get together we Bitch about everything..good & bad! & usually w/ a good dose of wine! We have seen our children grow, lost /found loves, lost parents/siblings & even sadly one of "our" own children. It has been a joy & privilege to be there through it all. We have loved, cried, fought & forgiven. I know we will be there for each other always! (Cheers!) L.
pmf2000 2 years ago 3
Thank you for sharing that was amazing!
WorkOnWellness 2 years ago 2
Sending to all my YaYas - thank you!
Macruby2 2 years ago 2
There is nothing like the power and support of a woman's group. If you have one, cherish it. If you don't have one, get one- make one. You will never regret it and you will be stronger, more blessed, and richer because of it. Thank you for sharing your heart in this amazing peice of writing. M
MaryKateConneally 2 years ago 3
WOW....what a profound beautiful tribute to "SISTERHOOD" thankyou Kelly
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waldsat 2 years ago 7
This is exactly what I have.. thank God for my friends who go tme through, who still get me through. Amazing.. well said Kelly.
TallahasseeHomeTeam 2 years ago 3
As a 2 time breast cancer survivor I am fortunate to be alive and raising my three girls. My youngest was just 5, the others 10 and 15. Now they are 12, 17 and 22. My faith and friends carried me through way too much chemo, and way too many worries about my girls growing up without a mom. Kelly and I are in a BIG sisterhood of cancer survivors, but the bigger sisterhood of being a woman and understanding this moving tribute unites us all, no explanation needed for tears and a warmed heart. A+
basswatta 2 years ago 3
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49erboi8 2 years ago
this is amazing...her words are so wonderful. What a great woman.
Dragonflygirlcc 2 years ago 2
I lost my husband at 36 and my dad a week later. I've been the needy and I've been needed. I'm a daughter, sister, sister-in-law, wife, second wife, mother, stepmother and nurse. Through it all, my mother, sisters, sister-in laws, daughters, step-daughters, girlfriends and female colleagues have carried me through. I love men, but I'm so glad, and especially proud to be a woman.
bluespectra 2 years ago 2
I'm so sorry for your losses, bluespectra. I lost my mother within a month of being diagnosed as cancer, after mistakenly being told it was arthritis. She was with me almost every day and I miss her terribly. I'm glad you have such wonderful support. We're both lucky in that respect.
CStreis 2 years ago 2
C,
I too am incredibly close to my mom - I am sorry for your loss. I worry about the day I have to say goodbye to her. She's the only person I can count on that understands me. Indeed, MOMS ROCK Hopefully she still insires you in ways only you may understand. In Sisternood
Feminist33 2 years ago 2
Thank you for saying aloud what is in all of our hearts. I applaud you.
leapayear 2 years ago 2
Thank you for a beautiful tribute to what women give each other. We are all sisters of the heart.
yolsgaard 2 years ago 2
Amen.
carladysarahlee 2 years ago 2
I clicked the link on beliefnet and I'm glad I did. Really amazing. Very touching.
daniel7d7burns 2 years ago 2
WOW!
tears....
this is truly what life is all about...our goal is to get to this point before passing...
jgeorgino 2 years ago 3
You were able to say what I have always wanted to say about my precious friends.....the girl ones! Thank you for sharing this, you made my day.
FredsTammy69 2 years ago
A beautiful statement ...from a guy who does the womans role; without this sort of support. I love you.
angryexpat 2 years ago 2
She captured the spirit of what makes women special. A woman or a group of women can bring strength, support, grace and fragility of a spiderweb to whatever is before them. Thank you Kelly. You captured the spirit of our Soulstice Sisters.
tinkchef 2 years ago 2
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This writing is just remarkable. Those of us who were fortunate to have groups of friends, but moved and now have individual friends are thankful for what is in our past and love those who are in our present.
amurlight 2 years ago
This is so wonderful I just don't have the words but is so true.
This reminds me of my mom and me and so many many ways.
Thank you for remindng me how much I really miss her.
carolrhill814 2 years ago 2
Yes, a "chick-flick," but more than that. A celebration of what it means to grow with sympathetic "female-hood," to share both the good, the bad, and the not-so-shabby. I have a VERY close girlfriend who I would not trade for dozens. WOMAN-POWER - God bless.
Slmsmc 2 years ago 2
I am a man and a very sentimental, soft hearted one at that. This is a very beautiful piece. There is something very special about a truly best friend. I am 66 years old and have friendship with a fellow I have known since we were in fifth grade together. We still correspond very regularly. The beautiful words spoken by Kelly Corrigan are as meaningful to guys as they are to the ladies.
denlee42 2 years ago
Thanks Kelly. My friend and I of 45 years just returned from celebrating our 50th birthdays in NYC. We have been there for each other through the good and the bad, the thick and the thin. She has been helping me carry a very heavy burden most recently when my son was killed by a drunk driver. I forwarded this video to her to let her know how much she means to me. I am so blessed to have her in my life.
dsexpress2007 2 years ago
Awesome, Kelly!!! Girl-power simply stated!!!
SCCMMGT 2 years ago
Took my breath away...simply beautiful. Thank you.
kmckean76 2 years ago 2
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boring... (:() *yawn*
varun009 2 years ago
My niece sent this to me. My special group of women are called the Starfish 5. It's a long story but the good times and the difficult times depicted in this video could have been written specifically about us. Reminds me that the human race are actually more alike than we are different!
4puddle 2 years ago
The tenderness and sensitivity of your words will reach to the hearts of many women. I know it did mine. Thank you for the poetic celebration of women supporting one another and those they love.
lasjeanne 2 years ago
This is FANTASTIC. Oh how well it describes the relationships between women. Sometimes we wonder how we do the things we do, then we see something like this & know how much strength we get from leaning on each other when the going gets rough.
wvwild1 2 years ago
This was e-mailed to me in a link...i thought it was beautiful and a great play on words explaining how women lean on each others strengths to get by bad times and how there also there for the good times.
MusicLover81 2 years ago
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Yes, this does represent the world we live in. But if your true comfort doesn't come from a personal relationship with the real Jesus. Because wounds don't heal you just cover them over with time. Losses are never recovered, and love never is really restored. Friends are very important but the truth is they can never be there for you like Jesus can.
ValPastor 3 years ago
Perfect!! Husband and wife with Jesus Christ as a foundation- doesn't get any better than that.
ehade 2 years ago
a lovely message of hope! thanks for posting!
selloutasaurus 3 years ago
mine are the Purple Peeps,,,,,,,,,,,
marydrew72 3 years ago
wow! i want to read that now....that was amazing!
wishingonstarzz 3 years ago
It's a fascinating relationship, the friendship of women! Beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing!!
joshysamma 3 years ago
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OMG! How boring!!!!!!!!!!!!
notahippy12 3 years ago
I am sorry you thought this was boring...don't you have any friends...
voudrais69 3 years ago
If you were so bored, why did you watch this? Why did you bother to crap on it?
p2i0c0O7 3 years ago
Word! Excellent. My group of strong women is The Pious Ladies. My now-33 year old daughter named us that years ago as a diss -- but we adopted the name happily. Since 1983, the Pious Ladies have met once a month at rotating houses, sharing everything. Just like this video says.
Rae Stabosz
rstabosz 3 years ago
The strong women in my life called themselves BOODLERS! They went out every Thursday just for fellowship. Thank God for the strong women in our lives.
Adrenalyn 3 years ago
excellent! Very moving and straight on!
fritzer1363 3 years ago
Unreal!! Awesome
Yiotsie 3 years ago
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That was gay
turdwrestler 3 years ago
It is so nice that you would take the time to express yourself with these healing words. you never know how powerful the words can be for one person. thanks!
rastagirl007 3 years ago
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markdavidash 3 years ago
HOLY COW! THANK YOU
maxfluff2 3 years ago
Thank You- I really needed that! now!
Pondarama 3 years ago
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I moved cross country. Am missing my womyn folk terribley. They are so special. Your video is precious and wonderful. Caterina
deadog333 3 years ago
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deadog333 3 years ago
shared with my best girlfriends -- a conversation continuer and expression of so many things we may not have YET said...
watchingvideos123 3 years ago
Wow - that is so powerful!
MM2469 3 years ago
what moving words the big C has touch many many lives including mine god bless everybody joan in devizes england x
Biiiatcho 3 years ago
praise jesus for this awesome message jeanne bailey
aroche0442 3 years ago
BEAUTIFULLY SAID! Thanks for sharing Alicia!!!
lalassong1952 3 years ago
To RepublicRecordz, how sad...you just don't get it.
onceuponatimer 3 years ago
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proudhomebody 3 years ago
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This chick is RETARDED!!!1
RepublicRecordz 3 years ago
RepublicRecordz,
It's too bad that you have no friends, but I can see why.
proudhomebody 3 years ago
Wonderfully said--it touches all of our lives! Cat, thank you for sharing this with me. To my long distance best friends....Cat in Lee's Summit, Connie in Hutchinson, and Chrystie in Germany...I love my 1974 gal-pals always!!! Can't wait for us all to get together in Vegas 2009 & make our own youtube video of special memories. :-) Hugs, Jane XOXOXOXOXO
osujane 3 years ago
does anybody know where we can get thisin the written word?
Vyotokea 3 years ago
It's at the back of her book, The Middle Place
zoom577 3 years ago
Thank you!!! Kelly. Great Job! What is a woman without her Mother, Grandmothers, sisters, aunts , and most importantly her girlfriends?
uuubeut 3 years ago
Eloquent words from a woman who knows the true meaning of life... she is very blessed! Thankyou for sharing this with all of us who share in your life philosophy.
KiwiPlanties 3 years ago
Joy unleashed! My heart is beating with happiness. Thank you Rhoda my loving friend in Colorado for sharing Kelly's ode to live with your Celebrant family, I'll pass it on. xxxooo
scootchmoney 3 years ago
Eloquently said. A female friend of mine just died of cancer this month. I had 2 uncles die from cancer last year - within 3 months of each other. Your words were very moving. Thank you.
katbow05 3 years ago
Praise God for such eloquence. Amen. <3
saraipasha 3 years ago
You spoke what is in my heart, thank you
Marthajc7 3 years ago
I am a four month survivor of esophogeal cancer. Dealing with this disease has been a transcending experience for me. It has changed all my priorities and has made me realize more fully the overwhelming importance of family and friends. Although I am a sixty-one year old male, I was moved to tears by this video and was inspired to a degree that is hard to explain. Thanks!
silverdog60 3 years ago
wow!wow!wow! Thank you for putting words to our thoughts and feelings!
ForgotenLUV100617 3 years ago
Incredibly touching. Thank you for giving us this. Such a lovely symphony you played.
mdouglaswray 3 years ago
That was beautiful!
marieotte 3 years ago
How wonderful! This made me cry.
angelcloud26 3 years ago
Ms. Corrigan's words eloquently spoke to the heart of the bond I share with my women friends, who know me from 'here to there' & 'then to now' without a word spoken.
lizzielouisa 3 years ago 2
awsome story
rustynail4747 3 years ago
wow...beautiful!
Thank you momma for sharing this
subthumper2000 3 years ago
beautiful
jantheempress 3 years ago
You have expressed so beautifully the essence of what I value about my chosen sisters...my own "flock." I'm so blessed to have them! Thank you for sharing those soulful words and thoughts!
Shelly
shellrosecreations 3 years ago
my mother sent me this and it made me cry. How wonderful it is to be a woman.
irishspring324 3 years ago
This moved me to tears. Absolutely beautiful. And so very, very true. To everyone who has a loved one with cancer or another disease or debilitating condition, I wish you peace and strength.
kelbelle2112 3 years ago
Amazing, Thank You
ashbylek17 3 years ago
Thanks kelli for your wonderful story. I have just been burdened with the news of my father having cancer and am really struggling. I dont have any close friends(due to a nasty ex and divorce) but I do my my heart. I will keep this on file so that I may watch when I am low.You have a very beautiful voice and smile that was very comforting to watch. thank you kelli, God Bless you!
beastro23 3 years ago
I am a Hospice nurse who just lost a former co-worker. Everything Kelly said is so true. We need to remember. Don't put off helping another, do it today.
kjkhardworkers 3 years ago
Thank you Kelly for giving me the opportunity to remember a lifetime of Memorable Friends! Your video was sent to me by my daughter who is blessed also with a circle of Memorable Friends whom I am sure she loves dearly!
vickidee 3 years ago
What an incredible story...an even more incredible story teller. God bless you for perservering, for reaching out to the rest of us. Having lost my sister to breast cancer in Oct '06 (she was 46,) I leaned heavily on my friends. Your beautiful reading enabled me to send these brave women a unique thank you. You are incredible and I'm off to buy your book. Thank you, thank you, Dawn
dawndetmer 3 years ago
Thank you. Your talk moved me to think and to remember and to rekindle.
Roberta
Tattedmiss 3 years ago
Just great! Forunately I am in a group of about 25-30 women, depends, who have been together for 25 plus years, some lomger. It is a true Blessing to b a part of a loving group of women who can share, cry and laughe ther! Thanks Kelli
zxb3250 3 years ago
Congratulations Kelly on such a beautiful piece! I would love to start a group like that. Can anyone tell me the how's, do's and don'ts of starting one? I went to school and college overseas, so I don't really have any life-long friends, but it's never too late to start. It's just as fun to talk about grandchildren, if that is where you are in life. I'd love to hear from someone!
balnakyle 3 years ago
Hi, balnakyle, where did you go to school and college?
fairygardenmonger 3 years ago
Thanks! This says it all about the importance of friends!
thomclan93 3 years ago
me gustaria tenerlo traducido al español y compartirlo con aquellas y aquellos que no entienden nada de ingles, al menos subtitulado
anyilibre 3 years ago
The most important person in the world sent me this link; I am currently having one of the worst possible things happening to my family now and this speech has never been more pertinent - THANK YOU
panzella3 3 years ago
I LOVE IT!!! I needed a good cry, and this not only gave me that, but a feeling of "I'm not alone"... I can completely understand every part of this speech, and it all hits so close to home. Thank you for being enlightened enough to write such a wonderful story, God bless you and all whom you know.
YurAnazz 3 years ago
On so many levels, this hit home. I'm a mother, wife, grandmother, friend and, who isn't, a volunteer for many groups. But most of all I'm me, and after listening to this beautiful and moving speech, I'm so thankful that I was blessed to be born a woman so that I can experience all that Kelley wrote about. Thank you for helping me remember!
m48tkr 3 years ago
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GOd, I guess I need some girlfriends and some kids of my own to validate myself
lennyhendrixz 3 years ago
You probably shouldn't, since you wouldn't get it anyway.
blamy10 3 years ago 3
WOW...Did this hit close to home. I have been blessed to be part of a group of 6 wonderful women called the "Hoe Dogs". We have been getting together every year for 25 years each October. We have transcended many things....divorce, the loss of a child, the loss of parents and more. We have laughed until we cried and cried until there were no more tears so we laughed. What a joy they have been in my life. I look forward to 25 more years of "the Hoe's"
dparks2020 3 years ago 2
I heard a comment not long ago from a man waiting on his wife outside a restroom in a restaurant, he just could not understand that women talk to each other in the restrooms. I love that, that we are open enough to love each other, immediately.
akthomas0838 3 years ago 3
How eloquent and fabulously worded. This has struck such a chord in me that I have watched it four times today already, so beautiful. Thank you for sharing your gift of the written word with us!
XxJohnKxX 3 years ago 2
To my girl KT-
This made me think of you and me, we will transcend....thanks for being my friend!
T
tonyarosol 3 years ago
It's been one year since mother died. This was lovely --just what the doctor ordered!
Ranchomom
mvarney 3 years ago
What's on the grill?
Moorese69 3 years ago
Under a shadow of PMS and affects of a full moon and bad, overprocessed, dry hair, I watched this, I cried, I smiled and my soul felt lighter. Thank you so very much.
lorihasfun 3 years ago
WOW!! All I can say is that is the 2nd best speech I've heard in a month. Thank you sharing that with all of us, and it's soooo true too.
Amy B.
Brightstar861 3 years ago
12:24 represent!
thefargs 3 years ago
Boy,talk about what real friendship is all about. For those of us who have no families, I cherish the friends who make me feel like family. I love you Miss Vicki
DarkQuincy937 3 years ago
I lost my husband just over a year ago. If it wasn't for my friends, I'd be lost. I have a great group of old friends. We've known each other since grade school. They came running to my side. And I made great new friends in a hospice grief group. They also are friends to be treasured. It was one of them who sent me the link to this video. Just wonderful!
angeliquecollins70 3 years ago
Thank you for making myself and my friends stop and cry and recall memories.
Elizabeth Terrell
QuickbladePaddles 3 years ago
This is one of the most heartfelt "monologues" I have ever heard. My mom sent it to me and I could just see the tears running down her cheeks as she told me how glad she is to have me in her life. I am so thankful to have her in my life as well. She is my best friend, and an incredibly strong woman. I am very blessed to have the kind of friends Kelly describes, and saddened to have lost some of them just the same. Thank you, Kelly...it was beautifully written and read :)
eklesken 3 years ago
I find it unbelievable how stupid some of you people are. What kind of moran looks at something like this and is looking at peoples race??? I guess someone who is racist against white people would. Who cares if she knows black people or not - why are you even looking at that it's so irrelavant. Look at the message it applies to anyone you idiot.
aimmom 3 years ago
Let go of your anger; you will feel so much better. Don't look for what's wrong with things, look for what is good. I can't imagine being anything but uplifted by these words. Ignore hateful angry people's comments, don't let them drag you down.
tonynkeri 3 years ago
The words I was mentioning were those of Kelli, not the morons below. How can anyone worry about color after listening to the amazing, uplifting words of Kelli.Some people will never really know how great life is and have such sad lives that they must start a fight on youtube rather than just transcending.The tears I shed after watching this video, were tears of joy, for I am lucky enough to have such special friends as Kelli describes, friends I love dearly and forever... friends of all colors.
4lovebugsathome 3 years ago
I have balled many tears after listening to your words. This past year I fought the fight against breast cancer and it is with the strength, the ears, the touch, the help and the heart of my friends that I was able to overcome the mental and physical limitations presented to me on that horrible day in April. I am okay now. I still have some sad moments... but I am transcending!!! Thank you for putting on camera the words in my head.
4lovebugsathome 3 years ago 2
Why worry about a racial mix? Some African Americans know NO whites, some White Americans know NO blacks. Get a life.
nannygoat45 3 years ago
A beautiful video and beautiful words. I am a happily married man. Men and women are different in their thoughts, words and actions. It is obvious there are males here who do not understand or appreciate women and the beauty of all women, not only in the way they look, but the way they express themselves. There is nothing wrong with women expressing themselves with other women. Men do the same thing, but not with as much emotion, and that is too bad.
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This was beautiful. However, I was dismayed to see that there were very few ethnicities displayed, in pictures or in the audience. Do while women only associate with white women?
livvy718 3 years ago
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Should they have thrown a few tokens in there to make you feel safe in your leftist delusions? If you've never noticed, blacks usually hang out together too; are you going to jump on their case? hey, i'm not seeing any men in this clip, these broads are sexist!
lakeviewviking 3 years ago
you do know that when you use anger and hatred in your comments that no one really cares about what you say. if you really have feelings you want to express and want others to hear, you might try not being so abrasive. We just think you are an idiot. But you think you are being tough and sardonic and that somehow there is a point to what you are saying. There isn't.
jrue54 3 years ago
A lot of the pictures were from her mother's generation, she said in the 1960's. There was no information as far as where this presentation was to indicate why there is not a racial mix in the audience. It could be a reflection of the demographics in her location.
klshackles 3 years ago