Gupta, Maria A2014-09-152014-09-152014-04-16https://hdl.handle.net/1920/8821This thesis is a collection of linked essays about motherhood – looking back, and letting go. The essays address the author’s roles as mother, homemaker, wife, daughter, and nurse in taking care of others, and her attempt to put the pieces together into a coherent, meaningful life. She searches to find her own center - through the lens of faith, family (both the one she came from, and the one she made), and writing - in a life dedicated to caring for others. Some names and identifying characteristics have been changed to protect privacy.enMotherhoodFamiliesParentingEmpty nestChildrenHomemakerThesis