“They are there if we look hard enough.”

As grief makes you explore more and more of yourself and the past - there can be no stronger message than that left to you than from your Mother.

All mothers are not the textbook examples we wished we had. Some were struggling with their own issues and problems while they were raising you. But under that veil can come lessons.

Written on April 10, 2020 - day 242 of the journey. From volume 8 of the essays - “Lessons” - this is essay #7 - “Lessons from my Mother”