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I colored this picture and wrote this story about it.

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A soft pick. @Jari-chan did warn me!

This reads a little like a novella length fairy tale for adults.

Diane is born to a mother who is incapable of loving her. Despite receiving love and affection from her grandparents, father, & siblings this lack cripples her emotionally and establishes her overachieving adult trajectory. Only through a violent tragedy is she able to close the circle by connecting another victim of the same trauma.

#Roll100

I lost my mom when I was 14 & I can‘t believe it took me this long to find this book. Full of wisdom about how grief stays with you and grows in different seasons of life, this book helped me so much. If you‘ve lost your mom, no matter how old you are, I would highly recommend this. There were so many moments that made me realize I was not alone.

“For the motherless daughter, depending on independence is not nearly as contradictory as it sounds.”

Ruth‘s memoir of her mother was a sad one. Feminist in nature, we get a glimpse into a life where choices for education, career, and marriage were not allowed. Miriam wanted more for her daughter than what she had; it wasn‘t until late in her life that she finally had some joy and the liberation she‘d always dreamed of. Only then did Ruth begin to understand her nature. I find it funny that Miriam was such an awful cook, and Ruth ended up⬇️

#CharacterCharm
Day 1: #Queen
Day 2: #MotherandChild
Day 3: #King

I'm still missing my friends after a weekend of fun. It's always hard to say good-bye, but there is always another visit to look forward to!
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My son baby E was getting his diaper changed reading the tagged book. Oooo the irony when he litterly threw the book at me. Cardboard books can do some damage! I bled quite a bit and will be walking silly for a day or two. “Llama llama what a Tizzy!” 🤕😓😅

Not book related, but I was excited to post an update about the nesting mourning dove I mentioned last Friday in my #5JoysFriday: Mama dove has a baby!

We greet her quietly whenever we use the gate, and she seems comfortable enough with us, so hopefully, she will remain safe and happy there until baby can grow up strong and healthy!

(And doesn't she have gorgeous eyeliner?)

I‘ve become a great aunt to Isabella Andrea Hamilton 🥰im lucky 🍀 to be very close to my niece (and nephew ) could never have children myself due to medical issues sometimes it‘s just not meant to be , however I do find it strange when people (this happened a lot to us on holiday recently in Croatia 🇭🇷 for some strange reason) when people ask you if you have children, you say no and then they want an explanation why 🫨I never do that, some of