This tug-of-war often obscures what's also happening between us. I am your mother, the first mile of your road. Me and all my obvious and hidden limitations. That means that in addition to possibly wrecking you, I have the chance to give to you what was given to me: a decent childhood, more good memories than bad, some values, a sense of tribe, a run at happiness. You can't imagine how seriously I take that - even as I fail you. Mothering you is the first thing of consequence that I have ever done.
Kelly CorriganMy default answer to everything is no. As soon as I hear the inflection of inquiry in your voice, the word no forms in my mind, sometimes accompanies by a reason, often not. Can I open the mail? No. Can I wear your necklace? No. When is dinner? No. What you probably wouldn't believe is how much I want to say yes. Yes, you can take two dozen books home from the library. Yes, you can eat the whole roll of SweeTarts. Yes, you can camp out on the deck. But the books will get lost, and SweeTarts will eventually make your tongue bleed, and if you sleep on the deck, the neighborhood racoons will nibble on you. I often wish I could come back to life as your uncle, so I could give you more. But, when you're the mom, your whole life is holding the rope against those wily secret agents who never, ever stop trying to get you to drop your end.
Kelly CorriganThose early characterizations (Our parents give us) can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception we rail against for a lifetime
Kelly CorriganOr maybe, knowing that intercourse involved certain unsavory sights, smells, and sounds, God deliberately left the ingredients for alcohol lying around where man would undoubtedly find them.
Kelly CorriganHe loved me the way only a nineteen-year old can- suddenly and deliriously.
Kelly CorriganI don't know what to saw about a man who calls a perfectly adorable three-year old a fucker, but "my hero" comes to mind.
Kelly CorriganHow seriously can I take myself? I'm just one of six billion people, right?
Kelly CorriganWhen you are in pain, and you see someone else in pain, there is really nothing as satisfying as giving them comfort in the night.
Kelly CorriganI've had cancer twice and if I had to pick one fate for you, cancer or fertility problems-I'd pick cancer.
Kelly CorriganStichwörter: memoir
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