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Published: Jan. 18, 2012
Words: 28,828 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465861726
Short description
A dying mother's advice for the obstinate daughter she is leaving behind. A story of hope, inspiration and how a briar of a child became the flower that her mother always dreamed of...but died before she got a chance to see her bloom.Extended description
A dying mother's advice for the obstinate daughter she is leaving behind.When the author lost her mother in 2006, she could have been a better daughter. She tried to be the daughter that her mother wanted and needed at this time of sorrow but she didn't know how to be that person.
In a collection of short pieces of advice, the author has put together words of comfort and wisdom that her Cherokee mother gave her over the years. She never knew at the time, that this advice would help her as she took care of a dying parent. It also served as a catalyst to help her regain her footing after a series of tragedies following her mother's death, left her in a crippling, suicidal depression for three years.
A story of hope, inspiration and how a briar of a child became the flower that her mother always dreamed of...but died before she got a chance to see her bloom.
Tags
cancer, depression, death, motherdaughter, hospice, coping, dying motherAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Donna Brown
on Feb. 10, 2012 :
I started reading your book this morning. I can only start by saying my mom died 25 years ago on February 13 ... the day before Valentines day .. and the day my father's heart broke into tiny pieces.
I have been reading for 2 hours now and have cried the entire time ... it's getting hard to read the computer
version ... so I'll hold off unitl I can get the book in my hands. I'm kind of old fashioned in that sense.
But, before I sign off -- thank you ... you're writing is basically a glorious and tearful walk down memory
lane with my own mother and the things I dealt with before her passing. She was also an amazing woman,and sometimes when playing with my grandchildren it saddens me to know that they will never know her personally - but I do know that the wonderful things she instilled in me came from her and I am now passing on to them. I really needed this connection in my life right now.
Thank you for your spirit, and you're way with words that I know come straight from your heart.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)