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September 19, 2009

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Like Mother, Like Daughter

A Hug for Your Thoughts

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Like Mother,

Like Daughter's 101 best collection of stories

inspires, amuses, and warms your heart with

stories about the special bond between

mothers and daughters.You can't wrap love in a box,

but you can wrap a person in a hug.

" Mom, you're always on the computer! " grumbled.

" No, I'm not, " I defended.

" Every day I come home from school you're working on the computer. "

" Well, at least I'm here for you! "

My daughter, , at twelve years old, was right. Day after day, in my

home office, I would stare into space as my hands typed out the thoughts of

a presentation or of research completed for an article. It seemed that my

work as a writer and speaker cemented my fingers to the keyboard and my mind

to valuable ideas. What did not realize was that during her day away,

I'd also be doing a load of laundry, answering incoming phone calls,

cleaning up dirty dishes, crunching an editor's deadline, sorting the family

mail, networking and marketing my speaking service. It was only around three

in the afternoon that I'd finally collapse at my desk for a few precious

moments of deep thought. Then she'd come in from school.

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