9 Things Adult Daughters Want Their Moms To Know

9 Things Adult Daughters Want Their Moms To Know

~ By Gaye Clark, Anna Clark Wiggins

“And Mom, for my eighteenth birthday . . .”
The rest of my daughter’s sentence sounded like an adult in a Charlie Brown special. Anna spoke clearly enough, but I focused on the impending reality of those last four words.
“Mom? Mom!”
I looked up at my daughter. “I’m sorry . . . what? What were you saying?”
She shook her head and her eyes narrowed. “You weren’t listening, were you?”
Anna, like many young women, was a self-proclaimed daddy’s girl. Throughout her life, he’d been the go-to parent for her. “I’m just like Dad,” she would explain. “Besides, Nathan is your favorite anyway.”
Ouch. I didn’t want to be accused of playing favorites. With my husband’s recent death, I held both my children closer than ever.
How could I improve my relationship with my adult daughter and point her to Christ?
Click here to read the list of advice.

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