A Life Of Being, Having, And Doing Enough - Plot & Excerpts
She—and many other women who volunteer with the Mother’s Living Stories project—go to women’s homes, sit by their side for many, many hours, and listen to women tell about their lives. But the stories are not for Marianna. The stories are for the dying women’s children.These women will never see their children grow up. And their children will never be able to ask their mother about her life, about her dreams, her disappointments and her triumphs, her best choices and her life’s defining moments. They will never have the opportunity to ask: How should I love? Where can I find courage? How do I know what is right? What did you do when you were my age?So Marianna asks the women to tell her everything they would tell their growing children, for when they are older, for when they need a mother’s loving words to tell them what they need to hear. Marianna collects these stories on tape, compiles edited transcripts of her conversations, and puts it all in a beautiful box decorated with photos from the woman’s life, friends, and family.
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