The Warmth of Sisterhood: Learning How To Receive It

Through the years, I’ve had many women show me what the warmth of sisterhood feels like. I’ve enjoyed almost 30 years of friendship with my best friend who I met in middle school. I am fortunate to be a member of an NPHC sorority and a business sorority that offer me opportunities to serve my community in sisterhood. As I’ve moved through various stages of different aspects of my life, I have felt sisterhood from women who turned out to be lifelong connections and also from those who were there for a specific season of my life. No matter how long a woman is in my life, I value the sisterhood she showed me, and I hope that I was as much of a sister to her as she was to me. However, I know this may not be the experience that some women have when it comes to cultivating the essence of sisterhood. Unfortunately, some of us may feel the pain of rejection, betrayal, and dismissal from women we considered to be sisters, and this puts a damper on our concept of sisterhood in general. I’ve learned over the years that there’s a few things women can do to try to avoid this type of pain and feel more of what true sisterhood has to offer: