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It's Time to Celebrate Moms!
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
