Echoes of the Heart

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There are as many descriptions of motherhood as there are experiences of it. This makes the notion of "motherhood" an illusive one. It is a term that is impossible to be taken impersonally. We immediately add our own conceptions, good or bad, to the word. Motherhood can conjure up an image of a tyrant with an iron will, a warm bosom to lean on, or a complex enigma that was never unravelled. No matter what our first thought is when mentioned, the absence, presence and relationships of our own mothers, and our perceptions of ourselves as mothers, are impossible to ignore. They shape us. But listening to one another as we tell our stories can shape us too. With that in mind, Mary Miller set out many years ago to find mothers and daughters who would be willing to tell the tale of how they have felt, over time, in these pivotal moments of connect and disconnect with one another. This collection of essays from mothers and daughters around the world is the beginning of a testimonial to how complex, intense, and stunning the relationship can be between mothers and their daughters. Mary and her daughter, Teresa, hope that the reader can glean out of these stories what they will. With takeaway questions and meditations at the close of each essay, perhaps we can each find another clue to healing and wholeness in how we related one to another. Discovery is the aim and will only be as rich and rewarding as we choose discovery to become.