The Books
Two books. Two perspectives. One continuing conversation.
The YES! books explore the changing relationship between mothers and their adult children from two important sides of the conversation. YES! We Did Too Much invites mothers to reflect on the ways love can sometimes become helping, fixing, carrying, and doing too much. YES! We See You turns the conversation toward our adult children, encouraging us to listen, understand, and make room for what they may be experiencing as they build lives of their own. Together, the books remind us that letting go and understanding can both be expressions of love.
YES! We Did Too Much
But They Still Have to Grow and We Have to Let Go
What happens when love starts to feel like carrying too much?
When our children are young, helping comes naturally. But what happens when they become adults and we are still solving problems, easing struggles, carrying responsibilities, and worrying about things that no longer belong to us?
YES! We Did Too Much is an honest and heartfelt reflection for mothers beginning to question where helping ends and carrying begins.
With compassion, insight, and understanding, the book explores the challenges of loving adult children, the guilt that can accompany letting go, and the realization that sometimes the greatest gift we can give our children is the opportunity to grow on their own. Learning how to let go with love.
YES! We See You
A Mother's Compassion for Our Adult Children
What happens when understanding becomes another expression of love?
Our adult children are building lives in a world that moves fast, costs more, and expects more. They are making decisions, carrying responsibilities, facing challenges, and sometimes navigating struggles we may not fully see.
YES! We See You invites mothers to look at the relationship from another perspective, not to excuse every choice or solve every problem, but to better understand the lives our adult children are trying to create.
Through reflection and compassionate conversation, the book explores the pressures, struggles, and everyday experiences adult children may be carrying and how mothers can support them in meaningful ways without taking over their journey. Learning how to love with understanding.
Better Together
One book asks: “Am I doing too much?” The other asks: “Am I seeing what my adult child may be experiencing?” These aren't opposing ideas. We can learn to step back and stay connected. We can establish boundaries and have compassion. We can let our children grow and continue loving them just as much. That's the heart of the YES! books, and the conversation that grew into Mothers After Mothering. Same love. New season. A different kind of mothering.