The article is a heartfelt tribute to the author's mother, revealing the depth of her influence as a caregiver and role model. The author recounts childhood memories - her mother balancing various tasks from cooking and gardening to reading, all while embodying a fierce love and confidence that shaped her daughters. The narrative emphasizes how the author's mother's lineage, stemming from her grandmother, contributed to her extraordinary qualities. Elements of family history, love, and nature intertwine, illustrating the mother-daughter relationship and its enduring impact across generations.
Her wild genes. Back then, though, all we had was a story. We knew only what mum had been told; that her mother had died in childbirth.
She birthed four babes, grew the surviving three into formidable women and instilled in us a fierce belief that there was nothing we could not do.
She was just my mother, swirling in and out of the house, singing to her jonquil bulbs, tripping over the animals I rescued.
Now that we know about her biological mother, my grandmother, Charmian Clift, it's obvious why my mother is the way she is.
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