At first I could not believe what I was reading. I got up from my seat and walked away, talking to myself that I may have found my mom.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My mother had to stop me reading to make me go and get some fresh air. I used to get so annoyed. She actually had to sit on my book because, otherwise, I would find it.
My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.
My mom was really of the belief that, as long as you were reading anything, it was okay. Just read.
I applaud my mother now for getting me through that time and making me believe in myself.
What was so extraordinary to me about going through this box of my mother's letters and diaries was meeting my mother not as my mother, but as a real person. And what breaks my heart is that I had no idea how self-aware she was and how protective of me she was.
There are a lot of parents who've come to me and said about their daughters, 'Oh my God, she's 21, she's totally flailing. Your story gives me hope.' I put my mom through that.
My mom was paranoid about my safety.
When I was about eight, I asked my mother if it was true that God knows everything about you. When she answered yes, I said, 'Then there's no hope for me, Mum.'
I realized that my mother was at the center of my work, because now that my mother is no longer there, there's nobody left.
My mother had faith in me, had more faith in me than I had in myself, and knowing that she did made me try to find faith. She believed in trying things.
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