Dear Daughter

The Best of the Dear Leta Letters

Heather B. Armstrong

• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Year: 2012
• eBook ISBN: 9781451661422
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Science Biographies
• Index: Social Sciences

From the author of It Sucked and Then I Cried, creator of Dooce.com, and "Queen of the Mommy Bloggers" ( The New York Times )—a collection of disarmingly honest, irreverent, and heartwarmingletters that Heather wrote to her daughter, Leta, every month for the first seven years of her life. A mother's love is unconditional: There are quiet snuggles, off-key sing-alongs, un-controllable belly laughs, and daily miracles that only a parent can understand. Heather Armstrong first wrote to her daughter when Leta was just eight weeks old. For the next five years, Heather wrote a letter every month, capturing the ups and downs of motherhood and chronicling the milestones and surprises of their lives together. These are letters that we wish we had written for our own children: disarmingly honest, self-deprecating, heartwarming, and irreverently funny. From the first time Leta holds a rattle; to her first steps; to her first curse word; to her excitement over becoming a big sister, Dear Daughter is a heartfelt and hilarious ode to the wonders of parenthood that will have mothers everywhere nodding, laughing, and wiping away tears. *** Dear Leta, You have changed so much since that first morning you spent with us, a morning that altered my life so drastically that sometimes it still feels like I'm catching my breath. I imagine that I won't ever stop feeling this way, won't ever stop having a portion of my brain dedicated to the thought of where you are and what you're doing, won't ever be able to escape the constant, nagging hope that you are happy and fulfilled. My pulse is forever close to the surface because of you, because of my responsibility toward you, and I can't thank you enough for the dimension that this has added to what it means to be alive. Love, Mama

Table of contents

• Cover
• Description
• Author Bio
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Chapter 1: Month Two
• Chapter 2: Month Three
• Chapter 3: Month Four
• Chapter 4: Month Five
• Chapter 5: Month Six
• Chapter 6: Month Seven
• Chapter 7: Month Eight
• Chapter 8: Month Nine
• Chapter 9: Month Ten
• Chapter 10: Month Eleven
• Chapter 11: Month Twelve
• Chapter 12: Month Thirteen
• Chapter 13: Month Fourteen
• Chapter 14: Month Fifteen
• Chapter 15: Month Sixteen
• Chapter 16: Month Seventeen
• Chapter 17: Month Eighteen
• Chapter 18: Month Nineteen
• Chapter 19: Month Twenty
• Chapter 20: Month Twenty-One
• Chapter 21: Month Twenty-Two
• Chapter 22: Month Twenty-Three
• Chapter 23: Month Twenty-Four
• Chapter 24: Month Twenty-Five
• Chapter 25: Month Twenty-Six
• Chapter 26: Month Twenty-Seven
• Chapter 27: Month Twenty-Eight
• Chapter 28: Month Twenty-Nine
• Chapter 29: Month Thirty
• Chapter 30: Month Thirty-One
• Chapter 31: Month Thirty-Two
• Chapter 32: Month Thirty-Three
• Chapter 33: Month Thirty-Four
• Chapter 34: Month Thirty-Five
• Chapter 35: Month Thirty-Six
• Chapter 36: Month Thirty-Seven
• Chapter 37: Month Thirty-Eight
• Chapter 38: Month Thirty-Nine
• Chapter 39: Month Forty
• Chapter 40: Month Forty-One
• Chapter 41: Month Forty-Two
• Chapter 42: Month Forty-Three
• Chapter 43: Month Forty-Four
• Chapter 44: Month Forty-Five
• Chapter 45: Month Forty-Six
• Chapter 46: Month Forty-Seven
• Chapter 47: Month Forty-Eight
• Chapter 48: Month Forty-Nine
• Chapter 49: Month Fifty and Fifty-One
• Chapter 50: Month Fifty-Two
• Chapter 51: Month Fifty-Three
• Chapter 52: Month Fifty-Four
• Chapter 53: Month Fifty-Five
• Chapter 54: Month Fifty-Six
• Chapter 55: Month Fifty-Seven
• Chapter 56: Month Fifty-Eight
• Chapter 57: Month Sixty
• Acknowledgments