In "Letters to My Daughters, " famed political consultant and TV
personality Mary Matalin shares the moral, ethical, and
occasionally comic life lessons gleaned from her mother's
experiences and her own. These intimate, personal letters range
from the spiritual to the practical, from giving life to accepting
death, from civic to personal responsibility, from looking and
feeling good to dealing with those pesky boys, and more.
Here's a sampling of the mother wisdom found in these pages:
Crying is "not" a weakness; it's cathartic and cleansing. People
who live life with the fullest commitment tend to cry a lot. It's a
healthy expression of deep emotions. I don't like or trust people
who don't or can't cry.
When I tell you I understand what you're going through, it's not
just because I remember what it felt like to be a teenage girl
whose body is being hijacked by hormones against her will. It's
because I'm a fifty-something whose body is being hijacked by
hormones against her will "at this very moment." And if you don't
believe me, just ask your father.
I believe in my heart of hearts that a life without faith is
unanchored and unfulfilling. Without it, you're just wandering in
the desert. You experience deeply that the whole is greater than
the sum of its parts -- and the singing is damn good.
Ma had a complex philosophy of sex, which I heard almost every
day from age ten. "Boys would screw a snake if it would lay still
long enough." Let's flash forward forty years and allow your mother
to give you a twenty-first-century take on boys and S-E-X: "Boys
would screw a snake if it would lay still long enough...".And the
men in Washington think that's a compliment.
A deep sense of loyalty can help you overcome almost any bump in
the road. The disloyal may advantage themselves in some work
situations, but their gains will be temporary, fleeting. They will
fail their institutions, their colleagues, and worst of all,
themselves.
Filled with warmth, common sense, a belief in the values that
keep families strong, and her trademark sense of humor, Mary
Matalin's letters will inspire, guide, entertain, and inform.
They're the perfect companion for any mother looking for a smart,
sensible fellow traveler on the road to raising good daughters.
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