Motherless Mothers
How Losing a Mother Shapes the Parent You Become
Chapter OneMotherhood and MourningThe Power to Heal
It's 7:40 A.M., and the house is cranked up to full volume. We've got twenty minutes till Maya and Uzi have to leave for the bus stop, then another half hour before I drive Eden down to preschool. Between now and then, I've got a snack bag and a lunchbox to prepare, a backpack to fill, breakfast dishes to rinse, two kids and one adult to dress, and two heads of hair to brush. Three, if you include mine, but sometimes that one gets skipped.
"Mom!" Maya shouts from upstairs. "Where are my pink high-tops?"
"In the basket by the front door! Bring a hair clip when you come down!"
Uzi walks down the stairs, rubbing his freshly shaved chin. He stops in front of Eden's chair and kisses her on the top of her head.
"Twenty minutes," I tell him.
"You need help with that?" He nods toward the array of bread and turkey breast slices and condiments spread across the kitchen counter. I consider the offer. If he ... read full excerpt from Motherless Mothers ebook
