A Daughter Without Her Mother Is A

When You Get . . . To The End, You See That Love And Family Are All There Is. Nothing Else Matters.

Alice Started To Cry. It Came With No Sound, No Shuddering, No Childlike Hysterics, Just A Soul-deep Release That Turned Into Moisture And Dripped Down Her Puffy Pink Cheeks. She Touched Her Tears, Frowning. Then She Looked Up At Julia And Whimpered Two Words Before She Fell Asleep. ‘real Hurts.’

To Make Real Friends You Have To Put Yourself Out There. Sometimes People Will Let You Down, But You Can't Let That Stop You. If You Get Hurt, You Just Pick Yourself Up, Dust Off Your Feelings, And Try Again.

Whenever I Write About Motherhood - And I Write About It A Lot - I Am Drawing On My Experiences As A Mother And Also My Experiences As A Daughter.

In The Sea Of Grief, There Were Islands Of Grace, Moments In Time When One Could Remember What Was Left Rather Than All That Had Been Lost.