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The Sort of Grandmother

Oct 3, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 32 Comments

  My minds hand tugs at the line between now and then, one hand feeds the other and I watch as the past moves into view. It was a rainy autumn day. Even now I can feel the fluttering beat of my heart as it kept time with the windshield wipers. The road ahead –like me– disappearing, reappearing with the pass of […]

Filed Under: Memories Tagged With: memories, Mother daughter relationship, On being a Granparent

Mothers and Daughters

Oct 27, 2010 By elinwaldal 3 Comments

It is not unusual for my daughter and me to create time together. I absolutely love that weeks before her 13TH birthday she still says these words — “I can’t wait to spend the afternoon with just you mom!” As it happened this past weekend we planned to spend Sunday afternoon together, a day that also coincided with the […]

Filed Under: On being a parent Tagged With: Belief in Oneself, Daughters, Love, Mother daughter relationship, Mothers, Parenting, Self-Confidence, self-esteem, Time

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