JJ, my mother always built us up too. What a blessing that was. It's something I didn't recognize until I got a little bit older (away from home) and learned that not every mother was so good at heart.

Mom also embraced wearing hats when she had cancer, and shw looked adorable in them.

Mom cared and took interest in all of our lives, but I never felt like she went overboard. She had great boundaries with regards to her adult married children.
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