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“Strange, now, how after so many years my mother’s model is starting to recede. Before I became a mother, I was a motherless daughter, and “motherless” always overshadowed “daughter” in that phrase. Now I’m a motherless mother, and “mother” is the word that carries most of the weight. Early loss influences me, daily, but it doesn’t define me anymore.”
― Motherless Mothers: How Losing a Mother Shapes the Parent You Become
― Motherless Mothers: How Losing a Mother Shapes the Parent You Become
“When your children arrive, the best you can hope for is that they break open everything about you. Your mind floods with oxygen. Your heart becomes a room with wide-open windows. You laugh hard every day. You think about the future and read about global warming. You realize how nice it feels to care about someone else more than yourself. And gradually, through this heart-heavy openness and these fresh eyes, you start to see the world a little more. Maybe you start to care a teeny tiny bit more about what happens to everyone in it.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
Alisha’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alisha’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
228 books
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11 friends
881 books
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31 friends
1,605 books
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170 friends
252 books
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29 friends
353 books
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135 friends
102 books
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11 friends
317 books
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74 friends
66 books
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71 friends
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