A Day To Say Goodbye To Old Grudges:
Untangling Mother-Daughter Ties
Suzanne Braun Levine
Huff/Post50
Like many women in midlife, I find Mother’s Day as much a reminder of a fraught relationship as a celebration of motherhood.
Even if we are not caring for our mothers, and even if we rarely spend time with them — even, as in my case, they are no longer alive — the emotional status of our relationship with them is a major factor in our ongoing reinvention. The intimacy between a woman and the woman who gave birth to her has its own unique mix of physical, psychological and gender forces within each of them.
Mother’s Day Is For Daughters Too.
By Suzanne Braun Levine
I have always thought of Mother’s Day as a celebration of my mother, the Main Mom in the family. I made plans designed to please her and honor her on her Day. Eight months ago she died, and so this year, for the first time, I am the last mom standing. It is a weird feeling to have the day to myself, especially when my inclination is to spend it missing her. Yet when I think of the two of us as mothers, I see the…
NEW VIDEOS – “50” Is a Big Deal Birthday For Most Women and a Time Full of Promise!
YOUNGER WOMEN ARE LOOKING AHEAD! A young staff member at Plume (my paperback publisher) interviewed me for two new videos to celebrate the paperback publication of “50 Is the New Fifty.” Because the interviewer was a young woman, I was reminded (again) of how important it is for women in second adulthood to be seen […]