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Mom Taught Me To Be An Activist

05/09/14
I recently visited my mom for her birthday last week. She always possessed a practical, no-nonsense attitude. Mom is the personification of a hip 80 year-old, but she reminds me often that growing up during the Depression gives her the edge of realism. Her mind is as sharp as a tack, so even at her...
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Ronnie Citron-Fink
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Since Becoming A Mom

05/09/14
Since becoming a mom, I've learned the importance of drinking. Being a parent is hard. So hard that it makes me question evolution. If reproduction is a biological necessity for our species, then why is parenting so damn hard? Darwin has some explaining to do. Or maybe Freud. I have a five-year-old...
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Sally Kohn
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Protect and Nurture Our Human Capital

05/09/14
My mother taught me that looking after our financial capital is not enough. We need to do everything we can to protect and nurture our human capital.
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Arianna Huffington
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My mom taught me how to be tough

05/09/14
My mom taught me how to be tough. Not tough in the way we usually think of the word “tough,” you know what I mean, bleeding from the head, walk it off, fistfight on the school bus, that sort of thing. (My mom’s like 5’ 3” and only weighs a buck and change maybe, though I did once witness her take a...
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Alex Tse
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My mom taught me these life lessons

05/09/14
My mom taught me these life lessons…
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Christy Turlington Burns
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My Mom never, ever gives up.

05/09/14
My Mom never, ever gives up. In her gentle and cheerful way, she never gives up. Mom is 92 years old, she's had health and other challenges galore, and she never gives up. She is grounded in her faith in God. That faith has empowered her to face one obstacle after another with patience and grace...
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Enola Aird
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My mom taught me to love words

05/09/14
My mom taught me to love words. We were poor when I was a kid, so we never had the latest toys.
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Alisa Valdes
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My mom taught me the ritual of the family dinner

05/09/14
My mom taught me the ritual of family dinner. Monday through Friday we sat down together as a family to eat and talk about our day. Dad came home, siblings in from riding our bikes, hands washed, table set, everyone at the table until dessert was over and the kitchen cleaned. Then you were excused...
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Laurie David
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Jumping In The Deep End

05/09/14
Jae, Meema, Love, Boid, Aunt Jae, Puzzle, Jane, Grandma Jae, and Mom. All of these names were used for one woman—a woman who loved to live life fully, to skinny dip in mountain lakes, to explore balsam wooded paths, vivid art, and ideas. Gauguin, Picasso, Cezanne, the free Smithsonian museums were...
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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner
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For the Love of Mom

05/08/14
Most of what I know about love, self-respect, and kindness came from lessons taught by my mother. My mother taught me about the strength we gather from family, both the one we are born with and the one we create for ourselves. She taught me that at our lowest points, the hand of love will catch us when we feel like we are falling through space, pulled down by the gravity of despair.
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Glennia Campbell

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