A Good Mother....
A dear friend of mine is in the midst of a very personal struggle that most people out there could not even try to understand. How we found each other is up to interpretation....God? destiny? fate? No matter what your beliefs are in a higher power, we met because we need each other. There are so many times when we say to each other "you're the only one I can say this to who will understand." I am so grateful for you.

It is a pleasure to tell you that you are a great mother--the kind your children will reminisce about. They will hang photos of you and your life with them around their home. They will understand and warmly smile at the word "family." They will look through photo albums and scrapbooks and tenderly hold their leaving-the-hospital outfits that you undoubtedly saved for them. They will be able to make video montages of pictures of you at their graduations, classroom parties, sporting events and baby showers. They KNOW how deeply you care for them and how much you want them to succeed and be happy. They know that you will be there every step of the way. Mothering you, I am mothering myself and validating that I am also a good mother; that I thrive nonetheless.

I found this somewhere: "Daughters naturally want to emulate their mothers. They look up to them; they want to be like them. But more than that, they look to them for a reflection of themselves, to structure their own self-esteem, to understand their own self-importance. If Mom works to build them up and make them feel great, if she shows them that they are worth her time and focus and energy, they will thrive."

I don't even know what to say about it.