C.E. Medford

My maternal grandmother once (rather famously in my family) said to her children "If you ever murdered someone, I would hold your hand all the way to the electric chair." Sounds harsh, but the reason that statement has never been forgotten is that with it, she was underlining two crucial aspects of her stance on motherhood. The first was that she would always love them, and never turn her back on them. Even in their darkest moments, she would not abandon them, and would even