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ribute to My Mother By Linda Hollander and on the way home, she said, “I’m going to spoil this dog rotten.” She cared for him and loved him for 13 years.
She also taught me to have empathy and compassion for others. One Thanksgiving, she insisted that we have a soldier over for dinner. He didn’t really say much, but I think he really lossom Rose Hollander was appreciated being with a family at an amazing mother. We Thanksgiving had art parties for the She did wonderful local kids. She was at every stained glass, one of my school plays. She took me needlepoint, quilting to Brownies and Girl Scouts. I’m sure and beaded flowers. she had to sit through a lot of boring Any creativity that I birthday parties, but she was always have and appreciation there for me. of beauty is because I was a painfully shy child and she of her. She encouraged wanted me to have friends. One day my artistic talents and I we were in front of the house and a even majored in art in girl named Rhonda passed by. She college.\ said, “Rhonda, would you like to play I met my best friend with Linda?” Rhonda and I became at 13 and she took inseparable childhood friends and Sheryl in as another still keep in touch to this day. In fact, daughter. When I recently went to Rhonda’s wedding. Sheryl and I started When we got our first family dog, our bag business and Skippy, we picked him up as a puppy
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we did our first trade show in San Diego, she and my father took the train down to be there for us. When I did my first Women’s Small Business Expo in Palm Springs, she was there for me as a constant source of love and support. When I bought my first house, she got down on her hands and knees and showed me how to plant beautiful flowers in my front yard. Recently, I introduced her to one of my new girlfriends and she brought a photo of me as a child on Santa’s lap to show her. She was always so proud of me and made lots of gifts for my friends.
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