Rachel Resnick's story of love lost and love sought cracks open the timeworn addiction narrative to release something raw, probing, brave, and… — Hope Edelman Addiction Copy Share Image
Writers seek to create order out of the chaos of everyday life, and to extract meaning from both the tragic and the… — Hope Edelman Chaos Copy Share Image
“I see the enormous value of a mother's presence because I live everyday with its absence.” — Hope Edelman Live everyday Copy Share Image
I couldn't chance failing in New York yet, letting the city fail me. It was the only place I knew I belonged.… — Hope Edelman Chance Copy Share Image
“With my mother, I felt helpless all the time. Sometimes I feel helpless as a mother, but I know it’ll pass. And… — Hope Edelman Mother Copy Share Image
Someone did us all a grave injustice by implying that mourning has a distinct beginning, middle, and end. — Hope Edelman Beginning middle and end Copy Share Image
Our lives are shaped as much by those who leave us as they are by those who stay. Loss is our legacy.… — Hope Edelman Guides Copy Share Image
The degree to which a surviving parent copes is the most important indicator of the child's long-term adaptation. Kids whose surviving parents… — Hope Edelman Adaptation Copy Share Image
There is an emptiness inside of me -- a void that will never be filled. No one in your life will ever… — Hope Edelman Doe Copy Share Image
“A daughter whose mother chose to leave her or was incapable of mothering may feel like a member of the emotional underclass,… — Hope Edelman Abandonment Copy Share Image
“Witnessing a mother's slow physical decline can be the equivalent of of experiencing long-term trauma. The daughter's feelings of helplessness, anger, and… — Hope Edelman Anger and fear Copy Share Image
“Even though we knew she was going to die eventually, when it happened it was still a terrible, rude shock. I thought… — Hope Edelman Daughters Copy Share Image
New York City is filled with random, quirky moments like this, chance collisions that just might change your life. — Hope Edelman Chance Copy Share Image
I truly believe that the death of my mother has made me the way I am today. I am a survivor, mentally… — Hope Edelman Believe Copy Share Image
When a mother dies, a daughter’s mourning never completely ends. — Hope Edelman Children Copy Share Image
“Grief needs an outlet. Creativity offers one. Some psychiatrists see mourning and creativity as the perfect marriage, the thought processes of one… — Hope Edelman Artistic expression Copy Share Image
a mother's death also means the loss of the consistent, supportive family system that once supplied her with a secure home base,… — Hope Edelman Consistent Copy Share Image
When a daughter loses a mother, the intervals between grief responses lengthen over time, but her longing never disappears. It always hovers… — Hope Edelman Awareness Copy Share Image
I am fooling only myself when I say that my mother exists now only in the photographs on my bulletin board or… — Hope Edelman Absence Copy Share Image
“Motherless mothers with a history of caretaking experience, usually for sick mothers or younger siblings when they were still children themselves, said… — Hope Edelman History Copy Share Image
Our mothers are our most direct connection to our history and gender. — Hope Edelman Connections Copy Share Image
