Of femininity and of the full circle of identity that binds generations of women together. When we become parents, our own mothers take on a renewed role in the family structure, as well. They become the stabilizers, working to weave the threads of a family together. Grandmothers are always there to lend an ear. At my daughter's grandmother's house, there is homemade caramel corn and ice cold Cokes.
Children tend to bring out the best in our own parents, as well.
Imagine the flattery of seeing parenting styles that reflect their own. Let us be grateful to the mothers of the world. The mothers who have raised us, loved us, and taught us what it means to be mothers ourselves. Susie Michelle Cortright is the founder and publisher of Momscape, an online magazine devoted to nurturing the nurturers.