Thank you. I so relate to this complex and tangled relationship with your mother. I chose not to become a mother, but my relationship with my mother is just as fraught. You articulated so much of what I've been grappling with in the past few years. Thank you for this cathartic piece.
Aww, Suzano! I hope they were happy tears! Thank you for reading and for taking in my words, right to your heart. Your comment means the world to me, so thank you! And, I'm thinking about all y'all in Florida as well during what has been a real nightmare of a catastrophe. ❤️
Katrina, thank you for this. My daughter will turn forty two weeks from now. Because of my own complicated relationship with my mother, I feel that I was unable to provide the love and care that she needed. Her dad, my husband of forty-three years, died recently, and we are grieving deeply. Thanksgiving will be hard; so will her birthday. I love the idea of knowing that we have many mothers in this world, kind and generous people who give of themselves unselfishly. And you are one of them. Thank you for being my mother.🙏💕🫶
Mary, first, thank you. Second, I hope you can give yourself some compassion and grace with how you mothered your daughter. Third, I cannot imagine the grief that you and your family are wading through. I lost my own brother ten years ago, and, as I referenced in my essay, it nearly did us in. Miraculously, we have survived and are taking it one step at a time, even a decade later. Be gentle and kind to yourself. Mother yourself and allow mothers to mother you while you, in turn, mother others through your writing and, of course, your love. Thank you, Mary ❤️
Thank you. I so relate to this complex and tangled relationship with your mother. I chose not to become a mother, but my relationship with my mother is just as fraught. You articulated so much of what I've been grappling with in the past few years. Thank you for this cathartic piece.
This made me cry! Sending much love and virtual hugs from Florida to a very brave and beautiful woman. ❤️
Aww, Suzano! I hope they were happy tears! Thank you for reading and for taking in my words, right to your heart. Your comment means the world to me, so thank you! And, I'm thinking about all y'all in Florida as well during what has been a real nightmare of a catastrophe. ❤️
Katrina, thank you for this. My daughter will turn forty two weeks from now. Because of my own complicated relationship with my mother, I feel that I was unable to provide the love and care that she needed. Her dad, my husband of forty-three years, died recently, and we are grieving deeply. Thanksgiving will be hard; so will her birthday. I love the idea of knowing that we have many mothers in this world, kind and generous people who give of themselves unselfishly. And you are one of them. Thank you for being my mother.🙏💕🫶
Mary, first, thank you. Second, I hope you can give yourself some compassion and grace with how you mothered your daughter. Third, I cannot imagine the grief that you and your family are wading through. I lost my own brother ten years ago, and, as I referenced in my essay, it nearly did us in. Miraculously, we have survived and are taking it one step at a time, even a decade later. Be gentle and kind to yourself. Mother yourself and allow mothers to mother you while you, in turn, mother others through your writing and, of course, your love. Thank you, Mary ❤️
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So lovely!
Thanks, Mara! :)
Thank you for reading and sharing, Melissa 🙏🏼I'm glad you found it cathartic. ❤️