When my mom found out I'm writing a memoir about my relationship with my dad, she was very supportive - partly, I think, because she was relieved I wasn't putting our relationship under the microscope. But the truth is that I've always found my mother a deeply fascinating woman, and I'm hoping in a future literary work to use her as a source of literary inspiration. Thus when I found out that Jane Friedman of Writers Digest was hosting a mother-daughter interview series at her blog, called "When My Mother Was My Age," I jumped at the chance to participate. It seemed like a great opportunity to get to know my mom in a role other than "mother" and at the same time, stash research notes for the future. As it turns out, she suffered from similar sources of turbulence in her life at my age. My interview with my mom and my reflections can be read at Jane's blog.
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Where was the picture of you and your Mom taken? Liked the mother-daughter blog by Jane Friedman - great idea!
The photo of us was taken on Maracas Beach in Trinidad. Maracas Beach is a rugged beach with a wild undertow that attracted a lot of surfers(someone later told me that on average one person drowned per day). I was once almost swept out while playing in the sand - but fortunately, my mother caught me and I was okay, aside from a face full of sand!
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