“Do you need anything?" she asks. A mom A dad. Someone. Anyone. Can you arrange for that? "Nah, I'm good.” HomeLossFamilyMomParents Book:When You Were Here Source: When You Were Here
“She expected a lot of me. When I was in fourth grade working on a book report, she made me start the whole thing over when she read it and said it was barely even legible. "What's wrong with it?" I asked her. "It's not good enough yet. You have to try harder," she said, her voice gentle. "You have to try hard at everything you do. That's all I ask." I rolled my eyes and revised it, and over time her approach wore off on me and I became like her too - wanting to do my best, expecting my best.” MotherEffortFamilyMomPerseveranceThe Best Book:When You Were Here Source: When You Were Here
“My mom was there to answer the unanswerable, to make sense of the fault in our life - and we got through that somehow; we came out on the other side. Now I'm 0 for 2 and I don't get any more pitches to swing at.” SidesAnswersOur LivesMomFaultsMy MomMake SenseSwings Author:Daisy Whitney
