Tag Archives: Mother’s Day
A Letter To My Daughters
Dear Emma and Clara, This coming weekend is Mother’s Day–my tenth as a mother. You will shower me with homemade gifts and sweet cards, but it is you, my daughters, who I want to celebrate. And whom I want to … Continue reading
Do This! Motherly Advice
(Based on the essay “Motherly Advice” posted May 8, 2011.) What is the best advice your mother ever gave you? Any good one-liners? Expand on this: What advice do you most want to pass on to your children, nieces, nephews, … Continue reading
Motherly Advice
(I am posting this essay two days early in honor of Mother’s Day.) “Part of the reason [motherly advice] bugs us as daughters is because our mothers are so powerful in our lives. They loom like giants. The reason mothers … Continue reading
