It amazes me when I think about how interconnected mothers and daughters are and how we shape each other over generations. As I look at the path of my life, I realize that I would have never have gotten to where I am if my mom had not been there to show me how, just by how she lives her life. She is strong, caring, stubborn, quirky, and fun, among so many other things. <\/p>\n
So much of who I am comes from who she is – which probably comes from who her mother was. I never got to meet my grandmother, but I know that she survived living in Germany before, during, and after World War II while raising her very young daughter. I can only imagine the strength and resilience that must have taken, particularly for my mother to turn out as wonderfully as she did. It makes me wonder what my great-grandmother was like.<\/p>\n
Some day, I hope that I will pass on these same traits to my children. In honor of Mother’s Day, I put together a short collage of photos across the span of my grandmother’s, mother’s, and my life to capture in less than a minute what happens over generations. <\/p>\n