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Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day to all my fellow mamas out there! And to my own Mama, of course!
I dedicated my first book to my dad, because I always knew that if I were ever published, my first book would read ‘to my dad’ on the dedication page. My second book, Dark Moon of Avalon, is dedicated to my husband, because it’s the most romantic book of the trilogy. (This may or may not have something to do with the fact that as I recall, the poor guy was studying for his PhD comprehensive exams when I wrote it, which meant that channeling my distant memories of romance into the book were about as close to the real thing as I was going to get. 
My third book, Sunrise of Avalon, is really all about motherhood and mothering, which meant that from the very start I planned to dedicate it to my mom. And since it’s mother’s day today, I’ll share the poem I quoted in the dedication here.
You may have tangible wealth untold
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold
Richer than I you can never be,
I had a mother who read to me.
That is for sure true for me, I can’t even begin to count the number of books my mom and I read together while I was growing up, some of my earliest memories are of the two of us curled up on the couch and reading The Bobsey Twins mysteries. That’s certainly why I read so much to my girls–and someday I hope they’ll read that poem and think, Yes, that’s me, too.
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May 8th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
Happy Mother’s Day to you too! You shall hear from me soon, as soon as Matt returns with my laptop from Hong Kong (I am quite lost without it at home). x
May 9th, 2011 at 7:25 pm
Thank you! You’re a nicer wife than I am, I’m not sure I could let my husband take my computer to Hong Kong!