“We were a family that made our Halloween costumes. Or, more accurately, my mother made them. She took no suggestions or advice. Halloween costumes were her territory. She was the brain behind my brothers winning girl costume, stuffing her own bra with newspapers for him to wear under a cashmere sweater and smearing red lipstick on his lips.” MadeMotherGirlWinningBehindsBrainAdviceBrotherRedLipsNewspapersMy BrotherTerritoryHalloweenSuggestionsCostumesLipstickSweatersBrasRed LipsRed LipstickInspirational HalloweenCashmereHalloween Costume Author:Ann Hood
“I learned to knit in 2002, six months after my 5-year-old daughter, Grace, died suddenly from a virulent form of strep. I was unable to read or write, and friends suggested I take up knitting; almost immediately I fell under its spell.” WritingYearsFormMotherGraceMonthsSixDaughterDiedSpellsSix MonthsKnitting Author:Ann Hood
“I was a daughterless mother. I had nowhere to put the things a mother places on her daughter. The nail polish I used to paint our toenails hardened. Our favorite videos gathered dust. Her small apron was in a box in the attic. Her shoes - the sparkly ones, the leopard rain boots, the ballet slippers - stood in a corner.” UsedMotherDaughterRainPaintShoesBoxesCornersVideoDustBalletBootsNailsPolishHardenedSlippersAtticsLeopardsApronsNail PolishToenails Author:Ann Hood
“In my adult life, I had spent a lot of time angry at God, mostly over the sudden deaths in my family - my brother at 30, my daughter at 5.” MotherBrotherDaughterAdultsMy FamilyAngryMy BrotherMy DaughterSudden Death Author:Ann Hood
“My daughter, Grace, was not killed by a gun. She died suddenly at age 5 from a virulent form of strep. As I stood stunned in a church at her memorial, one of the hardest things I heard someone say was, 'I'm going to go home and hug my child a little tighter.' 'Well, good for you,' I thought. 'I'm going to go home and scream.'” WellsChildrenLittlesHomeAgeFormMotherChurchGraceHeardDaughterGunDiedHardestMy ChildrenMy DaughterScreamHugHardest ThingMemorialStunned Author:Ann Hood
