By Suzanne Braun Levine

I have always thought of Mother’s Day as a celebration of my mother, the Main Mom in the family. I made plans designed to please her and honor her on her Day. Eight months ago she died, and so this year, for the first time, I am the last mom standing. It is a weird feeling to have the day to myself, especially when my inclination is to spend it missing her. Yet when I think of the two of us as mothers, I see the…

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An early Mother’s Day Gift!

Dear Suzanne,
I’m half-way through your terrific book, and couldn’t wait to write you; I’m underlining on every page, and have just ordered two more copies, gift-wrapped, for friends turning fifty.
A few months ago, my own book, The Gift of an Ordinary Day: A Mother’s Memoir, was published by Grand Central. I didn’t know it till this morning, when I began reading yours, that what I’d actually written was missive from deep within The Fertile Void. There were many …

A Message For Mother’s Day!
Lesson Number Six in FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY is ”Do Unto Yourself as You Have Been doing Unto Others.” What that means is simply pay attention to – nurture – yourself the way you do those you love. It does not mean withholding from others or being selfish. Doing unto yourself is about adding yourself to your own “to-do” list. Being self-FULL!
Enjoy Mother’s Day!
Share our card with every nurturing soul you are lucky enough to have in your life.
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“Do Unto Yourself…
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