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Never eat diet food.
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What would you like to tell your daughter? What do you wish you could tell – or have told – your mother before it's too late? What do your friendships mean to you? Is there a particular friend who's brought you back from the brink?
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I wish I'd known...
I wish I'd known...
That clothes don't have to be low-cut and tight to be sexy.
That jealousy isn't flattering.
That violent and volatile relationships are not passionate, they're just unpleasant.
That the excuse 'but I know that he loves me deep down, in spite of everything' was just fear of change.
That sometimes it really is good to talk.
These are the things I will tell my daughter.
Never Grow Up
Sometimes, when I'm cuddling my daughter, I tell her that she's not allowed to grow up and must stay 4-years-old forever. She tells me, very solemnly, that she has to grow up but that she will always love me, and I tell her that she will always be my little girl. And I don't think this is something you fully understand about your own mother until you have one of your own. That you'll always be their 4-year-old little girl somewhere in their heart, and the protection and love that you feel, that feeling of wanting to hold on to them forever, to squeeze them just that little bit too hard, never changes, and only grows stronger and deeper with each passing year of their lives.
love
The things i would want my daughter to know is that my love for her (and her brothers) is like a glass of water. But not an ordinary glass because no matter what they do, the amount of water in the glass never decreases - there are times when it will change colour but only temporarily. I think it is almost impossible for a child to grasp this concept and it is only when embarking on motherhood that each of us really appreciates our own mothers
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