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Diane Hatz's avatar

Wow! I so see you in yr mother!

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reboots.pestle.0o@icloud.com's avatar

not to say that we should prefer unhappy to happy - but we would have nothing to write about if all families were alike...Tolstoy got that right.

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Carrie Hayes's avatar

you got that right!

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Florence Wetzel's avatar

Beautiful, Carrie. And those pictures! I love it.

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Carrie Hayes's avatar

thank you, Florence!

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Kim Taylor Blakemore's avatar

This is just amazing. What a marvelous love letter to your mother and to mothers.

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Carrie Hayes's avatar

Kim, I think she is somewhere today, shaking her head and still wishing I would brush my hair🤷‍♀️

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Cecilia Saint-Denis's avatar

This is so touching and relatable. I had tears in my eyes. Happy Mother's Day !

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Carrie Hayes's avatar

Thank you Cecilia! Happy Mother's Day. xo

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Debra Green's avatar

Your writing hits it on the nose every time. Touching, relatable, and poignant. Happy Mother’s Day, friend.

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Carrie Hayes's avatar

Oh Debra, Happiest of mother's day to you, too.

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Jackie Pick's avatar

This is magnificent and so are you.

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Carrie Hayes's avatar

Dearest Jackie Pick, you are too! And by golly, you are a super fast reader as well.

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Jackie Pick's avatar

It's my superpower and one that has not been as useful as I was led to believe when I tore through the Little House on the Prairie books.

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Eva Lesko Natiello's avatar

This one got me a little choked up. LOVE the photos. Your mom's-isms feel like a cross between Moira Rose and Dame Edna! Great stories. Thanks for sharing.

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