This Day: 20 Lesson I Learned from My Mom

By Martha Kelly

I didn't always know I was learning. Like most kids, I thought my mom just was-always there, always right, always doing what needed to be done. I didn't realize, in the moment, that she was planting seeds. Seeds of kindness, resilience, honesty, strength, and love. It took me years to see them grow. Now, everywhere I look in my life, I see her fingerprints.
This book is not a biography. It's not about big dramatic moments or grand gestures. It's about the quiet lessons-spoken and unspoken-that my mom gave me, day after day. Some of them came wrapped in comfort. Others in discipline. Many I didn't fully understand until I was older, maybe even until I became an adult myself.
These 20 lessons are pieces of her, and reflections of the life she lives and the love she gave. Some are practical, some emotional, some deeply personal. But together, they form a kind of mosaic-a portrait of a woman who shaped me in ways words can barely contain.
I wrote this book to pass on the wisdom she constantly lives by. Maybe you'll recognize your own mother in these pages. Maybe you'll see something you needed to hear. Or maybe you'll simply be reminded that the people who raise us-even in quiet, imperfect ways-leave the deepest marks.
To my mom: Thank you for every lesson. This book is for you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F9FPRXBG
• ISBN13: 9798283839981
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"