My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.

Jodi Picoult
My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and...
My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and...
My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and...
My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and...
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As a child, my mother was easy to love. I was always quick to run to her when I hurt myself, or when I got in trouble. She would hold me close and tell me that everything would be alright. When she died, it was the first time that I realized that she was not always right.

She had always told me that death was a part of life, but it never seemed real until she was gone. It took me years to understand that you can’t live without love. I want to grow old and be like her.

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