Well done and well thought out. I really enjoyed this piece and would like to read more of your writing. Most of all, I found myself agreeing with all you said. I raised three daughters and prayed that they would never seek to determine their own worth through what others said or thought. Fortunately, they didn't.
They are grown now, married and all mothers of teenage children. I know they worry and think about the same things I was concerned about. Life goes on and on, repeating itself, doesn't it?
Barbara Gregory-Pearlman
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