To Mom with Love

Greetings listeners! May brings Mother’s Day our way! Please join Kate and Sheila as they share a mother acrostic using book titles and celebrate stellar moms found in literature! Without moms where would people be? (One need only to read The Brothers Karamazov to find out 😀) Let’s dive into episode 226!Here are few suggestions for moms and mentors in your life:MiddlemarchOne Thousand GiftsTheo of GoldenHannah CoulterEmmaRebeccaHonorable mentions: The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion (Volumes 1-8),A Girl Called Samson, Redeeming Love, The Nature of Fragile Things, & for nonfiction suggestions we have The Awe of God and The Next ConversationKate did a great job of pulling out Memorable Moms from literature:Sophie, a mail order bride, was a wonderful stepmom to Sophie in The Nature of Fragile ThingsGodsmuggler, aka Brother Andrew’s dear mom, gave him her own Bible when he left to become a soldier; this changed the trajectory of his life and the lives of many others! (True Story)Marmee of The Little Women and the novel March held her the family together.Here Be Dragons author Melanie Shankle breaks generational traumaAnne of Green Gables’ Marilla steps into the unsought role of motherhood beautifully, but not without trials and hiccups along the way.Quarryman’s Bride, Mrs. Mcalister was a much needed role model of a loving mother for Emmalyne who is caring for her own mother and brother and dealing with a trying father!If Mama Ain’t Happy by Rachel Norman shares her story and wisdom. Here’s a quote: “Simplifying makes life less stressful”Martha Ballard from Frozen River (true story from 1789) - unbelievable strength!Some Kind of Courage- mother has passed, but she is the voice in his head, with wisdom to remember when life throws him curve ball after curve ball!Thank you for connecting and reflecting dear readers! Blessings!For author info https://recapbookchat.com/2026/05/04/to-moms-with-love-episode-226/