September 19, 1993
I heard a talk at woman’s conference that was illuminating. Mary Finnegan said, “Either you master your money, or it will master you. You will either be boss or slave. There is no middle ground.”
This morning I thought that this applies to food and time as well. Either you master food, or it will master you (If you are lucky enough to have food in abundance). Working by time schedules brings control and freedom. I need to master all three of these areas in my life. I have done it in all areas for short periods of time, but I know people who have been able to do it consistently. These are the solid, admirable people among us. The danger inherent in mastering these is an accompanying impatience with those who have not--or, equally bad, becoming miserly in all things--preoccupied and ridiculous with food, short-sighted and selfish with money, or unyielding and unwilling to give time.
This blog is dedicated to my mother, MaryJane Davidson Hawkes (1941-2001). A gifted writer with a keen intellect, an endless curiosity, and a deep love for people, Mom could've been anything. She chose to be a mother. She raised eight children and touched the lives of many others, often in simple ways: a telephone call, a shoulder to cry on, a loaf of homemade bread. In sharing some of her words and insights here, I hope she can continue to uplift and inspire. We love and miss you, Mom.
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I've struggled for a long time as to how best to organize and present aspects of my mother's life and writings. Lest I make "the perfect the enemy of the good," I've decided to simply share random bits of her own writing, unedited (in the context of each selection) and without much commentary, letting the reader draw his or her own conclusions. I plan to treat it a bit like her own blog, had she lived to write one.
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