#TB Twinning Mother’s Day Pic with My Mother ❤️ No Editing. No Makeup. No Filters 💄
Every Mother’s Day I think of my own mother who was gone too soon. I still miss and think of her everyday as she was an incredible role model and mentor. This throwback pictures of us is at Gurney’s Inn and it’s a full circle moment as I return with the
@thedealmakehers later this year.
We did everything together as we traveled the world together, played almost every sport, swam almost every day, and endlessly talked fashion.
I love retelling her story as she was so ahead of her time (and encouraged me to build a career and work hard as hard work can take you a lot of great places in life).
She was a second generation NYU graduate and my grandfather was the first (and I am a 3rd generation graduate ) a graduate of Parsons School of Design, and the prestigious Music and Art in NYC, she was also a female Creative Director at a major ad agency in NYC ( like Peggy in Mad Men) leading the way for the rest of us by example.
Some of her other amazing accomplishments include being a classically trained pianist ( like her mother and my grandmother ) who was a concert pianist, champion golfer, and having her pilot’s license as well as going on to be one of the preeminent art advisors in the country and building a new career after being widowed at 37 when my father was killed in a plane crash. The definition of grace under pressure and extremely elegant.
Gone way too soon when she lost her life to breast cancer and why I am so involved in
@wcrfcure in her memory, she set an extraordinary legacy and example for me to follow 🏆
There isn’t a day that doesn’t go by when I don’t deeply miss her and reminisce about all the extraordinary things we did together as we pushed forward through tragedy 🌸
I am grateful to my mother for helping me put the right foot forward to follow for a lifetime 💗 Love you and miss you mom💗and grateful and proud to be the mother of two amazing, accomplished young men that are setting the world on fire and following their dreams 🩷 It’s a beautiful and bittersweet day all in one. Happy Mother’s Day to all the great women out there 🌹🌹