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“Despite my optimism over moving to Miami, I was still a serious misfit. I vowed I would never get married, never have children, never rely on a man to pay my bills after seeing my mother’s post-divorce reversal of fortune. Oh yeah, and I would kill myself when I turned thirty. Everyone over that age seemed miserable.”
― When I Married My Mother:A Daughter's Search for What Really Matters--and How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo
― When I Married My Mother:A Daughter's Search for What Really Matters--and How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo
“I had discovered that there is no greater gift than to be with someone at the end of their life. True, you might get a concrete reward out of it—like an enormous doll collection, or more—but all that I had accomplished professionally had never given me the satisfaction, and appreciation for life, that caring for my mother had.”
― When I Married My Mother:A Daughter's Search for What Really Matters--and How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo
― When I Married My Mother:A Daughter's Search for What Really Matters--and How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo
“The death of a parent, he says to it, is a profoundly lifealtering experience, isn't it? When I was a child, I often had this feeling of God's in his Heaven: All's right with the world—that's Robert Browning. An English poet. But ever since my father died in the last war, I've awakened each morning knowing that I'll never again feel that absolute security. Nothing is ever quite right, is it, after a parent dies? No matter how well things go, something always feels slightly off...”
― Those Who Save Us
― Those Who Save Us
Ashley Nelson’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ashley Nelson’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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