Two idealistic curly headed freaks embarked on a mother-daughter cross-country journey for over a month on this May 1st last year. And a lot has happened in a year! After our trip, I went off into the woods of Stokes State Forest to continue my camp programming and five other odd jobs while my mother jumped right back into the booty-shaking Zumba and massage client filled days.
The love of my mother’s life moved into the house, and on top of that we added another member to the family by adopting our sassy pug, Stella. Mom and her man went to Cabo, Mexico and every beach there was to see in the summer!
I’ve taken trips to Charleston, SC, Newport, RI, Burlington, VT, and Philly with my man and friends! I also took a solo trip to hike Sedona, Arizona in December, and trekked on to figure out which path would be my next… and I’m still trekking happily without a clue! (The travel bug never leaves). My brother is about to graduate, my boyfriend is happy and successful, my mother is happy and healthy, the house is full, the pug couldn’t get any cuter – life has treated us fair!
The summer months my mother and I spent apart were needed to let the trip sink in, in order for us to compile a collaborative account of writing about the trip and think how our mother-daughter relationship’s history can be interwoven in. Hearing what our blog posts meant to some women and their own families after our trip brought tears to our eyes and have furthered inspired us to write our story. We have been continuing the process of writing our book and hope to have the content finished by the end of this year. Next year we’ll figure out the publishing mumbo jumbo!
This was a more serious quick check-in and update but again, I just want to thank you for all of the warding-away-tornado-watch-vibes, the positivity, the support, the new friendships (and the endless Dunkin Donuts gift cards!!) and everyone’s overall love. Many mothers and daughters are estranged and lack a path to positive communication or acceptance. We hope our story can shine a little light on how we fumbled through our personal roadblocks and trekked on.
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Happy May 1st everybody! Enjoy your month of May and let’s celebrate our Mothers!
Love,
Curly J
PS. Everyone send my mother and her man positive vibes for their big starring roles in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?!! (Stella is not the best at running lines.)
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