I think this is the most complicated relationship. Every mother, every daughter has a story that is unique. I am the first daughter of a first daugher of a first daughter! Intensity is one word to describe the relationship at any given time, in any given phase. I couldn’t afford to go away to college, so living at home as a young adult, rather than leaving home as a teenager, helped forge my relationship with my mother. Had i left at 17, we would not have the close relationship we have now. I am now the mother of 2 girls. I am lucky enough to have my mother and my sister living near by. My mother is loving watching me with my teenage daughters, the same teenage daughters she wished on my when I was a teenager giving her grief!

I love hearing and reading about other mother daughter relationships. Here are a few book recommendations in honor of Mother’s Day, all exploring the subject of mothers and daughters.

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