Judith Hannan shared with Allen Cardoza, from Answers for the Family blog, and the listeners of L.A. Talk Radio, a description of the events that led to her memoir, "Motherhood Exaggerated." Her popular book recounts her young daughter's battle with cancer.
It all started many years ago when eight-year-old Nadia shattered her jaw after she bit into a piece of candy during Halloween. A medical examination revealed a rare bone cancer. Today, Nadia is a healthy 20-year-old-woman.
During the course of the interview, Judith gave a descriptive account of her own personal psychological battles, as well as described the experiences of the rest of her family as they all worked together to shepherd Nadia back to wellness. She discussed the many emotional conflicts within the family as Nadia experienced her health crisis and her frightening future.
An Author's Personal Journey
As a seasoned professional writer by occupation, Judith thought it essential to produce an honest narration of the complete ordeal after it was all over through a realistic memoir. She thought it would help other women who had a family crisis like the one that she had experienced.
Her impressive publication is much more than a narration of an unraveling illness and a precise description of how it altered every member of her household. It is also an in-depth personal search in to the countless aspects of an individual's life that are tested with something as terrifying as the possible demise of a daughter. Judith reviewed precisely how the crisis impacted her personal Jewish faith, her opinions about people and life, her cultural and ethnic codes and her growing concepts about what it truly means to become a mother.
After Nadia was detected with Ewing's sarcoma, Judith experienced, "a deeper state of understanding." Recollecting the distant past, Judith pointed out that it was just one of the most instructive periods in her life, a time of acute present moment receptivity, intense sentiments, and overpowering parental love.
Final Thoughts
In the final analysis, Nadia's battle for her life made Judith very aware of motherhood and how she had to go beyond the limited roles that her mother and even her grandmother had defined for her through their own examples. For instance, Judith's mother only gave her perfunctory care when Judith was a little girl. Consequently, Judith needed to reinvent a whole new concept of motherhood when looking after her own critically ill daughter.
It all started many years ago when eight-year-old Nadia shattered her jaw after she bit into a piece of candy during Halloween. A medical examination revealed a rare bone cancer. Today, Nadia is a healthy 20-year-old-woman.
During the course of the interview, Judith gave a descriptive account of her own personal psychological battles, as well as described the experiences of the rest of her family as they all worked together to shepherd Nadia back to wellness. She discussed the many emotional conflicts within the family as Nadia experienced her health crisis and her frightening future.
An Author's Personal Journey
As a seasoned professional writer by occupation, Judith thought it essential to produce an honest narration of the complete ordeal after it was all over through a realistic memoir. She thought it would help other women who had a family crisis like the one that she had experienced.
Her impressive publication is much more than a narration of an unraveling illness and a precise description of how it altered every member of her household. It is also an in-depth personal search in to the countless aspects of an individual's life that are tested with something as terrifying as the possible demise of a daughter. Judith reviewed precisely how the crisis impacted her personal Jewish faith, her opinions about people and life, her cultural and ethnic codes and her growing concepts about what it truly means to become a mother.
After Nadia was detected with Ewing's sarcoma, Judith experienced, "a deeper state of understanding." Recollecting the distant past, Judith pointed out that it was just one of the most instructive periods in her life, a time of acute present moment receptivity, intense sentiments, and overpowering parental love.
Final Thoughts
In the final analysis, Nadia's battle for her life made Judith very aware of motherhood and how she had to go beyond the limited roles that her mother and even her grandmother had defined for her through their own examples. For instance, Judith's mother only gave her perfunctory care when Judith was a little girl. Consequently, Judith needed to reinvent a whole new concept of motherhood when looking after her own critically ill daughter.
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Learn more about "Motherhood Exaggerated". Stop by Allen Cardoza's website to listen to the complete interview with Judith Hannan.
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