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Category: mother-daughter stuff

  • Leaving a Legacy: A push to get our storytelling act together

    I have been working on a memoir for several years–writing sections, taking breaks, losing heart, returning to the work.  Anyone who's tried crafting anything personal knows what I'm talking about: So easy to lose confidence and stall out. The memoir is about my career–a legacy for my grandkids so they can know the times and…

  • Observation: The profound value of mothers to their adult daughters

      As Mother's Day nears, what more touching message could we hear than this one from author Abigail Tucker via an e-newsletter from NYTimes staff editor, Sarah Wildman. Only human females and a handful of long-lived whales have a lengthy life phase when reproduction ends and the time arrives to pitch in with the grandkids,”…