Kelly Wallace has two daughters, both of whom have friends. She says it's important for them to have one great friend and figure out their own issues together. But when they get broken up with there is a blow that she can't help but let go. "I love you more than all the people in the whole world and anyone ever will," Wallis writes on her blog.
Writer Kelly Corrigan always wanted a family. She craved the closeness and familiarity of a strong parent-child relationship. When her daughters were little, she relished knowing everything about their lives. But as her daughters grew older, the physical and emotional distance between Kelly and her daughters grew, too. While Kelly knew to expect this transition, it still broke her heart. In this conversation, Maya and Kelly reckon with the question of what parents and children owe each other.
For more on Kelly, check out her podcast, "Kelly Corrigan Wonders" and her PBS show, "Tell Me More."
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