My Mom Says Hi

When my mother, Phyllis Greene and I wrote Designated Daughter, we'd fantasize about our book tour, flying here and there, like movie stars, drinking champagne (even though I don't drink anymore), wearing great clothes and having the perfect shoes, meeting the people who read our words and nodding knowingly, lovingly to each one.  I could see us, holding hands as the flights took off, Mom clutching her necklaces in silent prayer, and clutching them again at landing.  We would laugh in our suite and eat room service eggs, we would have cool luggage like Brangelena.  We would be Phyldeegee.

We knew it was a fantasy at the time.  We knew she could hardly walk anymore and that travel was out of the question.  It was our game, though, one of the many we play to amuse ourselves, like spotting designated daughters and their mothers everywhere we go.

So here I am!  And Mom says hi! And I am living the fantasy for the both of us, except for the cool luggage part.  You know I'm going to call her every step of the way and we'll rejoice together that our words have sprouted wings, which bring her to Boston, to Wilmette, to Dallas, to Atlanta to share our story with you.

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Designated Daughter by D.G. Fulford is the next featured book in the Getting Better All the Time Group. It's a story of how a daughter returns the love she experienced her entire life from her mother. To read more about this book and the others in the group, click here.

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