Hope Edelman Quotes

• I am fooling only myself when I say that my mother exists now only in the photographs on my bulletin board or in the outline of my hand or in the armful of memories I still hold tight. She lives on beneath everything I do. Her presence influenced who I was and her absence influences who I am. Our lives are shaped as much by those who leave us as they are by those who stay. Loss is our legacy. Insight is our gift. Memory is our guide.

  Hope Edelman

  Family, Mom, Photography

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• There is an emptiness inside of me -- a void that will never be filled. No one in your life will ever love you as your mother does. There is no love as pure, unconditional and strong as a mother's love. And I will never be loved that way again.

  Hope Edelman

  Mother, Strong, Love You

  Hope Edelman (2014). “Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss, 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.11, Da Capo Press

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• Our lives are shaped as much by those who leave us as they are by those who stay. Loss is our legacy. Insight is our gift. Memory is our guide

  Hope Edelman

  Memories, Loss, Legacy

  Hope Edelman (1994). “Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss”, Da Capo Press

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• Writers seek to create order out of the chaos of everyday life, and to extract meaning from both the tragic and the mundane

  Hope Edelman

  Order, Everyday, Chaos

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• When a mother dies, a daughter’s mourning never completely ends.

  Hope Edelman

  Daughter, Mother, Mourning

  Hope Edelman (2014). “Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss, 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.20, Da Capo Press

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• I truly believe that the death of my mother has made me the way I am today. I am a survivor, mentally strong, determined, stronwilled, self-reliant, and independent. I also keep most of my pain, anger and feelings inside. I refuse to be vulnerable to anyone, especially my husband. The only people who see that more emotional or softer side are my children. That too because of my mother.

  Hope Edelman

  Mother, Strong, Children

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• When a daughter loses a mother, the intervals between grief responses lengthen over time, but her longing never disappears. It always hovers at the edge of her awareness, prepared to surface at any time, in any place, in the least expected ways.

  Hope Edelman

  Daughter, Mother, Grief

  Hope Edelman (2014). “Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss, 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.37, Da Capo Press

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• Someone did us all a grave injustice by implying that mourning has a distinct beginning, middle, and end.

  Hope Edelman

  Mourning, Beginning Middle And End, Injustice

  Hope Edelman (2014). “Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss, 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.6, Da Capo Press

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• The degree to which a surviving parent copes is the most important indicator of the child's long-term adaptation. Kids whose surviving parents are unable to function effectively in the parenting role show more anxiety and depression, as well as sleep and health problems, than those whose parents have a strong support network and solid inner resources to rely on.

  Hope Edelman

  Strong, Children, Sleep

  Hope Edelman (2014). “Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss, 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.18, Hachette UK

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• a mother's death also means the loss of the consistent, supportive family system that once supplied her with a secure home base, she then has to develop her self-confidence and self-esteem through alternate means. Without a mother or mother-figure to guide her, a daughter also has to piece together a female self-image of her own.

  Hope Edelman

  Daughter, Mother, Self Esteem

  Hope Edelman (1994). “Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss”, Delta

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• Our mothers are our most direct connection to our history and gender.

  Hope Edelman

  Mother, Connections, Gender

  Hope Edelman (1994). “Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss”, Delta

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• Rachel Resnick's story of love lost and love sought cracks open the timeworn addiction narrative to release something raw, probing, brave, and redemptive. The courage it took to write this story is challenged only by the courage it must have taken to live it. I sit in awe of such unflinching honesty. LOVE JUNKIE is memoir at its very best.

  Hope Edelman

  Honesty, Lost Love, Taken

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• I couldn't chance failing in New York yet, letting the city fail me. It was the only place I knew I belonged. If I couldn't survive there, I would have no place else to go.

  Hope Edelman

  New York, Cities, Chance

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• New York City is filled with random, quirky moments like this, chance collisions that just might change your life.

  Hope Edelman

  New York, Cities, Quirky

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