Dear Mom: Remembering Our Mothers

Author and teacher Patricia Jana Hassler provides a unique, thematic day book of memories documenting the life of her 1950's mom. She guides the reader through the universal experiences of family love and heartbreak with humor, warmth and wisdom as we observe a woman caught between her feuding husband and father, learn the secret of a 42-year marriage, and witness the emptying of a house filled with a half century of memories. When her mother dies following a 20-year bout with Parkinson's disease, the author must confront the loss of her family home, her mother, her past. Each chapter is followed by a reflective letter to Hassler's dear mom and a list of memory prompts to help adult children record memories of their mothers, whether living or not.