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In this issue of Amplify, Globe editors share words of wisdom from their moms

This is the weekly Amplify newsletter, where you can be inspired and challenged by the voices, opinions and insights of women at The Globe and Mail. If you’re reading this on the web or someone forwarded this e-mail newsletter to you, you can sign up for Amplify and all Globe newslettersFor this issue of Amplify, we asked a group of women in The Globe’s newsroom to share the best advice they ever received from their mothers.

I remember her telling me that one day when I was a kid and something I was eating had slipped out of my fingers and landed on our kitchen floor. Other mothers might have fussed that the floorboards were filthy and full of nasty germs. Mine gave me permission to pick up that scrap of food – was it one of her Hello Dolly squares, with chocolate chips swimming in condensed milk? – and carry on as if nothing had happened.

Her words have become a metaphor of sorts for me, and I apply it often in life. Things fall on the floor. Don’t let that faze you. Pick yourself up, wipe yourself off and savour what lies ahead.”“My mother used to often say that ‘Crying never fixed anything’ which felt like unsympathetic advice – especially to an emotional teenager.

My mom was raised on a Saskatchewan farm in the 1930s and is practical to the core. In her philosophy, there is no value in self-pity or wallowing in emotion, and hard work is the key to everything. I admit that it took a while – and a bit of maturity – to appreciate the advice, and part of me still wishes I had grown up to have a little less practicality in my personality mix, and a little more sparkle and swagger.

She’s an empty-nester now, and likes to remind me that having young, cuddly kids is fleeting. I remind myself of that every night while I’m cuddling my six year old.”“It was my mother’s actions, rather than her words, that taught me most about strength, resilience and independence. She became a single parent to two young girls after my father left her for my mom’s best friend, and emptied their joint bank account. My mom had literally nothing, but she never gave up on me and my sister.

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