Unveiling Secrets and Loss: Jill Bialosky’s Intimate Journey Through Grief and Memory
I believe if my mother came of age in a different era and had a fuller identity, for instance more education or a skillset behind her before she married, she would have chosen a different route. She had many talents, emotional intelligence, and an eye for beauty and style. I always felt she could have been an artist or a social worker. Not having an education or a solid skill set left her with a lack of confidence. I don’t think my mother wanted to be the “perfect housewife” but I do think she hoped to be financially cared for and to have a partner to raise her children with. And perhaps if my father was still alive, as she raised her children, she would have had more of an opportunity and financial security to find herself outside of her identity as mother. As I say in my book, she was born on the wrong side of history.
