Day 3 of 10 Days Celebrating Mom-Giveaway Like Mother, Like Daughter

There is a special bond between mothers and daughters. They don’t always get along, who does, but there is a bond. “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Like Mother, Like Daughter” celebrates that special bond between mother’s and daughters. A perfect Mother’s Day gift for daughters to give to mothers and vice versa. Divided into sections ranging from “Mutual Support” to “Special Mother-Daughter Moments,” this book offers stories on maternal wisdom, raising teenage girls, becoming friends with Mom and more.

Every mother-daughter pair has its special times and traditions. My mom started a silly tradition when I went away to college that continues through today. When I went away to college, eventhough I was just over an hour away from home, it often felt like mom and I were hundreds of miles apart. Back in those days, there were no cell phones and most of us didn’t have phones in our dorm rooms. I was in an all girls dorm with one pay phone in each hallway. Telephone time was at a premium. Mom and I talked when we could, but I always new we would talk on the 1st of each month. It became a game to see who could catch the other one off guard with “Happy May 1st!” (or whatever month it was). It is a silly game, but I knew mom cared. After 2 years away I transferred to a college even closer to home and two years later, my sister went away to college and the tradition continued. Twenty-plus years later the tradition still continues, with the advent of caller-ID it has become more difficult to beat the other person to the greeting, but it is still fun. Now my sons play too, they try to call my mother or my sister and beat them to the punch. It is silly traditions like this that can deepen the bond of mothers and daughters.

While reading “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Like Mother, Like Daughter,” I was struck by how similar, yet how different we all are. As I read about:

• How contributor Lizanne Southgate was reunited with her daughter after nearly 20 years
• How cyclist Peggy Newland recreated her mother’s cross-country bicycle ride
• How contributor Shana Helmholdt battled-and survived-leukemia, with her mother by her side
• Why contributor Sylvia Rosa-Casanova describes the period that her mother moved in with her as a time of “the most grief and the most joy”

I could connect to each story, each person-even though I haven’t walked in their shoes-I am a mother, I am a daughter and we are all connected.

You can purchase the book here or you can enter to win it from The Mom Maven.

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This giveaway is open to US residents only and the winner will be chosen 5/9/09 at 5:30pm. Good Luck!