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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?
So, please use this site to say whatever you need. You might want to share advice on how to deal with relationships; you might want to offer up a personal insight; you might simply want to tell us how much you love your mother or daughter or friend; and you might want to share words of wisdom for future generations of women.
22 years ago i found myself pregnant, alone and very scared. The child had not been conceived in a loving relationship, the father an uncaring man who forced himself upon me. Within a month i miscarried the child. This destroyed me because whatever my circumstances i wanted that child. I wanted to have that baby and be sure that it would always know that it was loved.
I convinced myself that had the child survived she would have been a girl and i even gave her a name, Laura! I thinl about her all the time and although time heals i will never get over it. You see several years later i discovered that i would never be able to have kids of my own. As a woman you don't expect to be told that. I have gone through all kinds of emotions and blame the person who damaged me as a child who made it impossible for me to be a mum. There is a piece of my heart which is empty and i know that although i smile and get on with my life i will never get over it!!
I am an auntie which i love and i am so grateful for the trust my sister has in me to look after these beautiful treasures. I consider myself to be their part time mum. In time i hope they know how loved they are and i hope that they can see their mother for the wonderful bright shining star she is. She loves them so much.
This book was so beautifully written i read it in 2 days. It made me think about the relationships that i have with people and the mothers and daughters that i know, all of them different and all of them unique all of them trusting and beautifully crafted. I am a surrogate, part time mum to young children and a couple of older children. I hope that they will always know how proud of them i am and how being part of their lives has helped me get through mine. To all of you, you are beautiful and brave, take chances, take risks and be free to love. Let your hearts be filled with joy and chase those dreams, be happy and healthy.
Mum i love you always
Posted on 30.04.08 by
joymaria
I have just finished reading your wonderful book and have laughed and cried as I can relate so much to it. Although my mother is still very well at 71, I have remarried again and have three additional daughters to add to my own two. But it was very true what was written about in the book when Mark makes his speech about stepchildren. I am proud to say that I am a mother of 5 daughters. Sometimes we go through life and have all the good intentions of saying things or assume that our children know how important they are to us. I want to make every second count and will probably make a journal because you never know. I have now passed the book onto my 18 year old daughter.
Posted on 30.04.08 by
Helen67
I picked this book off the shelf at an airport. I was going to be delayed for a long time due to bad weather and needed a good read! The cover attracted my attention as I had just visited my 2 daughters in 2 separate countries and was already missing them. As I read the back cover I knew I just had to buy it and read it - one of my daughters mother-in-law's life was nearly at an end due to cancer.
As I read the story it became very poignant to me.The dilemma's,crisis' and memorable moments the family went through were the topics that came up in discussions I had just had with my daughter and son-in-law.
It's a great story - not only because of the issues of a mother's love for her daughters but also because of the way the family coped with grief.
It is a book I will keep on my bookshelf forever to recommend to anybody I know who has to experience the issues dealt with in the story.
Posted on 22.04.08 by
Anonymous
My daughter is playing at my feet and I wonder if I will have enough words of wisdom to guide her through her life. Thinking about my actions that speak louder than my words I feel a little afraid too, because I am far from perfect and still need motivation from my parents! But isn't that the wonder of it all, generations learning from each other, and realising that none of us are perfect, and that if we have love, unconditional and neverending, that is enough.
Posted on 22.04.08 by
Marhette
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