As a registered nurse I deal with health issues all day long. But in the course of my hospital work and field work as a visiting nurse I am always amazed at how uninformed women are about what real health means. I know that I can give prescribed medications that make a condition better or at least reduce harmful symptoms for any number of illnesses. I can suggest exercise and weight reduction programs to help patients reach a better level of health and living. I can show a patient where to go to get information, direction and support with all kinds of health problems and conditions.

Almost all of the correspondence used within the NFLL has our logo printed somewhere on the document. Many people have asked me to explain just what our logo represents. In actuality the logo is the story of our group of friends. First of course we are women – represented by the outline of a womans face. We are gathered together as friends so we face the future together – thus the logo has two faces looking toward each other. The semi circle joining the two faces indicates our willingness to stay together and be supportive of each other even in difficult and trying times.

As February approaches I can look back to the just-completed holiday with much joy and happiness. My excursion to Virginia over the holidays was a success with many highs and lows – but all of it good. I found that my grandchildren are smart and funny and stubborn and difficult – I’d say very much normal. I was so very glad that I took the time to be with my daughter and her family and have decided that every other Christmas I will try to go back to be with them again.

As I sit here addressing my very last Christmas card I can't help but think of all that has brought me to this place. I am spending this Christmas with my daughter and her family in Virginia Beach , Virginia . She is in the Navy, as is her husband, and they have four wonderful children between them.

With the debut of the website in September, I have been busy trying to get the word out about this unique opportunity to develop friendships between women. Two of the members of our own NFLL group belong to a sorority and thought that the new website I was developing would be a great thing to present to the sorority at their first meeting of the season.

Embargoed for release until August 31st, 2008 9A.M. Pacific. But we thought we'd let the cat out of the bag for those wondering to our site ;)

FRESNO, CA SEPTEMBER 15, 2008: September 15th marks the debut of a unique website with its roots deep in the Central Valley of California. The NFLL Network –the New Friends Late in Life Network – was started locally to provide a website to foster friendships for women everywhere. This free website service will connect women of all ages and stations in life with other women who are interested in finding friends. Started by a group of local women who have been friends for three years, this service is safe and simple to use.

“We discovered each other quite by accident and now our friendship means so very much to all of us that we wanted to share our good fortune and help others find what we have.’ says one of the NFLL original members.

Simply put the NFLL is a registry service. By registering your email address with the NFLL you are sent other email addresses of women in your geographical area who are interested in finding friends.

“No one can make friends for you” says the Jinx Mayville, NFLL Network founder, “but we can provide you with the means of finding others who may end up being your best friend.”

The NFLL Network can be accessed at http://www.nfllnetwork.com.

“We are a new service but we are hopeful that by using the same technology that can separate us we will have a tool that can actually bring us together in friendship,” Jinx added.

The New Friends Late in Life group is a group of friends located in Fresno, CA. The Group started three years ago by accident and quickly learned the benefits of new friends late in life. It is hoped that little chapters of the NFLL sprout up across the country. For more information visit http://www.friendsll.org.

The NFLL Network is a separate entity charged with taking the New Friends Late in Life concept along with the Internet to create networks of friends for women on the internet. It is headquartered in Fresno, California and is a project of Jinx Mayville, one of the NFLL original, and Whitfield Media. For more information visit http://www.nfllnetwork.com/aboutus.

Whitfield Media is a Whitfield Enterprises company that specializes in the creation and management of Social Networks on the internet. Current projects include http://www.festatime.com and http://www.nfllnetwork.com. For more information visit http://www.timwhitfieldmedia.com.

Welcome to the very first Article of the NFLL magazine. This article will become an essential part of the network by providing you and your friends with ideas, tips, general topics, etc. This magazine will be a great opportunity to share what possibilities exist when women get together. Our hope is that in the future other members of the network will submit their articles. We want to see what the possibilities are for all of us and you are invited to write up an article and email it to editor@nfllnetwork.com. Just have some fun doing it!!!!!