“If you might’t say anything nice, come sit by me.”
Something else it is certainly not short on?
Lessons to be gleaned and held onto.

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On Beauty
Show up prepared
Girdle and all.
Otherwise, you’ll look like two pigs fighting under a blanket.
Take it or leave it, but at least they did their duty.

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Timing is of utmost importance.
A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste."
Every quip uttered throughoutSteel Magnoliasis an example of how friends can bring out happiness, even in difficult times.

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But Shelby did it for her.
The ladies ofSteel Magnoliasare perhaps best at just this: making each other (and us!)
smile and laugh when its needed most.

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