A True Daughter
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Mothers & Daughters
By Barbara LoMonaco

It’s such a grand thing to be a mother of a mother — that’s why the world calls her grandmother.
~Author Unknown

I have known her since she was seventeen. That is more than half of her life. I did not give birth to her but my son fell in love with her and asked her to marry him. She became my daughter and I became her mother. It was a real treat to have another female around after all those years with a husband and three sons!

I have watched her grow up and evolve from a teenager into an amazing adult. She is very self-confident and smart, and at the same time, she is loving, compassionate, and fun. She brings sunshine and warmth into any room she enters. (Keep reading)