To a father growing

To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter. Euripides

When your mother asks,

When your mother asks, ‘Do you want a piece of advice?’ it is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway. Erma Bombeck

I love my mother

I love my mother for all the times she said absolutely nothing…. Thinking back on it all, it must have been the most difficult part of mothering she ever had to do: knowing the outcome, yet feeling she had no right to keep me from charting my own path. I thank her for all her … Read more

A father is always

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. Enid Bagnold

[A] mother is one

[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled. Emily Dickinson