WRITING CONTEST:

THINGS MOTHER TAUGHT ME
Copyright 2000, 2001, 2007 by Familia Books

Statement of aims and general information:

This website's aim is to share what we have learned from our mothers, how we feel about it, and how it affects the way we live our lives. The stories and quotes which we post here will be collected into a book, tentatively titled Things Mother Taught Me. Fifty percent of the profits from the book will be donated to shelters for mothers and their children escaping from abusive relationships.

 

 

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To read sample stories, click "Stories."

 

 

ON MOTHERHOOD

Our mothers were our first teachers. The lessons we learned were different, but for nearly all of us, they had a profound impact, laying the foundation for our feelings, values, self-image, and personalities.
This is not to idealize motherhood. We were taught by human beings, and the lessons carried with them all the flaws of which humans are capable. Sometimes they brought distress, resentments, and estrangement, as well as wisdom.
But they came from what is the most demanding task which most humans could ever face: bringing into this world another human being, nurturing, caring for that life, for as long as the mother or child lives.
No one can ever define fully what this means either to mothers or their children, but we can catalog herein our experiences to flesh out what maternal wisdom means to us.
You are invited to browse herein, reading others' experiences, and contributing your own.