Excerpts from an e-mail I received in honor of Valentine's Day

A Woman Should Have...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE one old love she can imagine going back to and one who reminds her how far she has come...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own even if she never wants or needs to...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE a youth she's content to leave behind and a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to retelling it in her old age....

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE one friend who always makes her laugh and one who lets her cry...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE a feeling of control over her destiny...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...how to fall in love without losing herself...when to try harder ... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...how to quit a job, break up with a lover and confront a friend without ruining the friendship...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...that she can't change the length of her calves, the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents.... that her childhood may not have been perfect...but it's over...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...what she would and wouldn't do for love or more...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...whom she can trust, whom she can't, and why she shouldn't take it personally...

YOU CAN SEND THIS TO 3 WOMEN.... you will have good luck for an entire day.

YOU CAN SEND THIS TO 6 WOMEN.... you will have good luck for all of the year.

If nothing else, know that you are truly loved and thought of by the friend who sent this to you and that she only wishes the best for you and your life.

Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

(I didn't actually send this e-mail to anyone, but I figure that enough women will read this post that I'll have luck for ever and ever and ever. I'm so lucky!)