UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

I just finished the article “Mother, May I?” [May 2018]. As I read it, I recalled some of my own experiences with my mother and our journey. Most of my memories are filled with laughter, love and lots of lessons. My mother wasn’t Joan Crawford, but she was a strong southern Italian mother! She made me the strong, independent, loving and hard-working person I am today. Being a mother has to be the hardest career. They give us unconditional love, and all they want in return is appreciation. When we achieve greatness, they achieve it with us; when we fail, they feel it more than us. I think we become free spirits when our mothers push us out of the nest; all we can do is learn to fly! —Gia Maggiore