Amy Newmark's Blog - Posts Tagged "moms"

It's so true... we never stop needing our moms. They always know the right thing to say and the right thing to do. And somehow, like magic, they do it all!

In our new book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Moms, you'll find 101 stories of gratitude, wisdom and miracles lovingly collected from the Chicken Soup for the Soul library.

Here are previews of two of my favorite stories from the book where we see the magic of our moms:

Moms show us how to be of service to others.
In John Dorroh's story “Mom’s Secret Mission” John tells us that his mom would disappear every Christmas Eve for a few hours and he never knew why. It was only after her death that he learned where she had gone. A man wrote to him and explained that John’s mother had come to their house every Christmas Eve for the past seven years, dressed as Mrs. Claus and bringing gifts for the whole family.

Moms are always there when we need them.
Tiffany Mannino, in her story “Never Too Old to Want My Mommy,” recalls the day that she told her mother she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Her mother helped her through every step of her treatment and Tiffany says, “She was attending to my every need, both physically and emotionally, but who was attending to her needs?” She adds, “I know what my mother would say if I asked her that question. She would say, ‘That’s just what you do when you are a mother.’”


Amy Newmark

Now, more than ever, it's time to celebrate all the mothers in our lives, whether they are moms, grandmothers, stepmothers, mothers-in-law, or honorary moms.

My fellow editors and I are all mothers and daughters, so we get it, and with that understanding, we lovingly compiled this collection of stories from our Chicken Soup for the Soul library.

Here are previews of two of my favorite stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Moms: 101 Stories of Gratitude, Wisdom and Miracles that show how we will always see the magic of our moms:

Moms can make anything when they need to.
Alicia Rosen tells us in her story “Note to Self” that she learned about creativity and gratitude from her mother. Her enterprising mother stayed up all night making hand-drawn stationery for Alicia’s class pen-pal project. Alicia stopped complaining about the fact that they couldn’t afford to buy fancy stationery at the store, and proudly used her mother’s creations instead, sending them to pen pals around the world.

Moms are always right.
In the ultimate “I told you so” story, “The Matchmaker,” Lisa Leshaw’s mother sets her up with a guy she declares is “delicious.” It turns out that Lisa’s mother had forced him to go along and he was just as reluctant as Lisa was to go on a blind date. Of course, Mom was right. That first date lasted four hours, and Lisa and Stu have been married more than three decades now.


Amy Newmark