Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment. The table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place.

But a child's joy is doubled for the mother, and the sound of her son's laughter began to her heart, a feat she had never believed possible

Let life unfold, say what you mean. You can’t always think about what you’ve lost, or what you don’t have, or what you didn’t get. Because when you do that, you’re missing out on the now. You can’t know if you’ll be here tomorrow or a year from now.

My mother was an avid readerShe loved books about romance. Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes

A good mother is irreplaceable.

Beware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing.

Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever need one person who lights up that way when you enter a room. One person is all it takes to give a kid confidence.