![]() ![]() "And after she died, I wore it all the time in the winter. And as soon as I began wearing it, people started commenting on how beautiful it was," Benedict tells Tell Me More host Michel Martin. "She bought it at the assisted-living facility where she lived. The last gift she received from her mother was a black wool scarf, embroidered at each end with yellow, pink and blue flowers. The book springs out of editor Elizabeth Benedict's personal experience. ![]() Their essays are collected in the new book What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-One Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most. While some people are racking their brains to think of the perfect way to show their love and appreciation for Mom, a group of distinguished women recently flipped that script and wrote about the most profound gift their own moms gave to them. It was the last gift she got from her mom before she died. Editor Elizabeth Benedict received this embroidered, black wool scarf from her mother. ![]()
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