![]() ![]() M.A.G.: You maintain a wide loving circle, but your aces are the women who in addition to values are age mates you’ve shared decades of laughter, intimate secrets and to-the-bone talk with. A woman can say to herself, If I die, I know that my friend, my sister friend will be here to hold up the banner. ![]() A friend will stand for you when you are no longer able. Friends may disagree, but not about serious matters. But in a friendship you get to know the spirit of another person and your values coincide. They become deep and serious acquaintances. MAYA ANGELOU: There’s a marked difference between acquaintances and friends. How do you know when someone is really a friend? MARCIA ANN GILLESPIE: There are friends and then there are acquaintances. Here she reminds us that in the Facebook age, the distinction between acquaintance and friend needs to be made clear, and she tells why we should always cherish our friendships with our women friends. ![]() Early this year President Obama presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation’s highest civilian honor. Maya Angelou has been my friend, mentor, big sister and other mother. The following is an interview between the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and ESSENCE former editor-in-chief Marcia Ann Gillespie in 2011.įor nearly 40 years Dr. American icon Maya Angelou has passed at 86 years young. ![]()
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