A Letter to My Mom created by Lisa Erspamer

       This book was very sweet to read. I thought I would just love it since I'm a mom, but it really made me sad.  It seems all these folks who wrote letters to their mom have a fantastic relationship with their mothers. I don't have a great relationship with mine. It's not that we argue or anything, she is just very distant, much like her own relationship with my grandma. It's rather strange, and I hope I am not like that with my own children. I didn't even get a call on my birthday last week, but I did get a status shoutout on facebook....


     I loved the letters of sacrifice, the mom who left in the middle of the night when she found out her husband was touching one of her daughters. "I want to thank you for your bravery on that late fall day in 1977. When I was nine, you walked into my room and said, "We're leaving your stepfather. You have ten minutes to take anything you can carry and want to bring along."" That is sacrifice that I've never known.

   
     The stories of these strong, loving women inspire me to become a better mother so that my own daughters will remember me this way. Now I'm just gonna cry for a minute and send this book to my best friend in New Hampshire who lost her mom at xmas.

"I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review."