importance of a mom

Treasure {A Letter to My Daughter}

by Laura on August 16, 2011

My daughter, Ava, turned four years- old this Saturday.  She’s the baby of the family, and I would be lying to say that there’s something about the last one that begs me to slow down more, that awakens this insatiable desire to video long snatches of nothing-much, for fear I’ll forget her, forget them.  And [...]

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Snapshots of a Mom

by Laura on July 5, 2010

I have snapshots of my mother stored away in the photo album of my 30-something-year-old memory. There’s the picture of her singing resolutely “It is Well With My Soul” at a funeral- my dad’s, a 35 year-old father to four.  Then there’s the picture of a gaunt face and a bald head- hers this time, as [...]

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