There’s something that’s been sitting heavy on my heart—and I know I’m not the only one who sees it. Women will stand by a man who spits in their face, cheats, lies, steals, take and tear up their car, curse their family and friends out, take their money and spend it on other women, eat their kid’s food up in the fridge, cook your steaks, drink your drinks and breaks their spirit over and over again. Yet when a sister-friend makes a forgivable mistake? Silence. Distance. Cut-off.
Where does that grace go when it’s time to love one another?
We talk about loyalty as if it’s exclusive to romantic relationships. But if loyalty means endurance and forgiveness, why do so many women lose patience with their closest friends over a single misstep, while still holding space for partners who consistently cause harm? It’s time we flipped this script. If we can forgive betrayal in romantic love, we can forgive the slip-ups in platonic love, too. Because women need each other. We deserve healing in our sisterhoods, not just in our relationships with men.
So, I ask—who have you been silent toward that maybe deserves a conversation instead of a cutoff?
📍 I’ve seen it happen in my own life. I’ve witnessed beautiful friendships dissolve over things that could have been healed with a conversation. Meanwhile, these same women return to relationships that scar them emotionally and physically—again and again.
The truth? Friendships are foundational. They’re often the ones who hold us up when love breaks us down. So why do we treat them as disposable?
🤲 Real grace looks like:
- Pausing before you cut someone off.
- Remembering the years, not just the moment.
- Giving the same forgiveness you want for yourself.
If we can forgive betrayal in romantic love, we can forgive the slip-ups in platonic love, too. Because women need each other. We deserve healing in our sisterhoods—not just survival in our relationships with men.
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