Margaret Whitford ✍️
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Margaret Whitford ✍️
@margaretwhitford.bsky.social
#Author, My debut memoir, The History We Carry: A Daughter's Memoir (She Writes Press, 2026), explores the cost of silence and how we rise beyond what shapes us. #France #Travel #binders

https://margaretwhitford.com
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📕 My debut memoir, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙒𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮: 𝘼 𝘿𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧’𝙨 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙞𝙧, is scheduled for release by @SheWritesPress next year.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙒𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮 confronts the legacy of intergenerational trauma, how familial history shapes us but need not be wholly determinative of who we become.

More to come...💜
🐶 What Our Two Jack Russell Terriers Taught Me About Compassion and Joy | MargaretWhitford,.bsky.social vist.ly/4ftwu

Gilbert and Annie, Jack Russell terriers, came into our lives as puppies. They were both strong-willed, energetic, and highly intelligent.

#MondayBlogs #Pets #Dogs
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
💚 Motherhood Is Another Country, One That I Will Never Know by @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/n9Z1LDF

“Do you have children?” is a question I’ve grown used to hearing when I meet someone for the first time. Yet after all these years, I still hesitate over my answer.

#MondayBlogs
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Traveling the Familiar: Why Certain Places Feel Like Home | @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/wQeAi78

In The Reader, the protagonist comments that he once believed he should be more adventurous in his travel, so he explored countries and cities he might not have visited.

#MondayBlogs
November 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
💚 Finding Refuge in Marriage: Turning a Painful Past into Lifetime Love | @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/iGS23F4

Refuge can refer to shelter or protection from danger or distress, but it can also refer to a feeling of being seen and cherished, of belonging.

#MondayBlogs
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Losing [my mother] would have made us orphans, but that was not her primary concern. She feared losing herself.

@MargaretWhitford.bsky.social 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙒𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮: 𝘼 𝘿𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧’𝙨 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙞𝙧
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Refuge may be found in places, in community, in relationships, in whatever nourishes the human spirit.

~ @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social "Finding Refuge in Marriage: Turning a Painful Past into Lifetime Love"

#Memoir
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🐶 What Our Two Jack Russell Terriers Taught Me About Compassion and Joy | MargaretWhitford,.bsky.social vist.ly/4evzd

Gilbert and Annie, Jack Russell terriers, came into our lives as puppies. They were both strong-willed, energetic, and highly intelligent.

#MondayBlogs #Pets #Dogs
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
💚 Motherhood Is Another Country, One That I Will Never Know by @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/n9Z1LDF

“Do you have children?” is a question I’ve grown used to hearing when I meet someone for the first time. Yet after all these years, I still hesitate over my answer.

#MondayBlogs
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Traveling the Familiar: Why Certain Places Feel Like Home | @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/wQeAi78

In The Reader, the protagonist comments that he once believed he should be more adventurous in his travel, so he explored countries and cities he might not have visited.

#MondayBlogs
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
💚 Finding Refuge in Marriage: Turning a Painful Past into Lifetime Love | @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/iGS23F4

Refuge can refer to shelter or protection from danger or distress, but it can also refer to a feeling of being seen and cherished, of belonging.

#MondayBlogs
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
There is an element of optimism in making clothes, especially the elegant ones my mother crafted. The garments represented an investment in the future.

@MargaretWhitford.bsky.social, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙒𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮: 𝘼 𝘿𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧’𝙨 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙞𝙧 (2026 SheWritesPress)

#Memoir #Trauma
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Refuge can refer to shelter or protection from danger or distress, but it can also refer to a feeling of being seen and cherished, of belonging.

~ @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social "Finding Refuge in Marriage: Turning a Painful Past into Lifetime Love"

#Memoir
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
💚 Motherhood Is Another Country, One That I Will Never Know by @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/n9Z1LDF

“Do you have children?” is a question I’ve grown used to hearing when I meet someone for the first time. Yet after all these years, I still hesitate over my answer.

#MondayBlogs
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Traveling the Familiar: Why Certain Places Feel Like Home | @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/wQeAi78

In The Reader, the protagonist comments that he once believed he should be more adventurous in his travel, so he explored countries and cities he might not have visited.

#MondayBlogs
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
💚 Finding Refuge in Marriage: Turning a Painful Past into Lifetime Love | @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/iGS23F4

Refuge can refer to shelter or protection from danger or distress, but it can also refer to a feeling of being seen and cherished, of belonging.

#MondayBlogs
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I believed that if I did not need anyone, I would not be disappointed. If I could not be touched, I would remain safe. If no one knew my deepest feelings and thoughts, they would remain mine.

@MargaretWhitford.bsky.social 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙒𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮: 𝘼 𝘿𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧’𝙨 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙞𝙧
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Home encompasses the structures we inhabit and the physical geography of a specific place, as well as the intimate landscape of the heart and spirit. 

~ @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙒𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮: 𝘼 𝘿𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧’𝙨 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙞𝙧 (June 2026 SheWritesPress)

#Memoir
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
💚 Motherhood Is Another Country, One That I Will Never Know by @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/n9Z1LDF

“Do you have children?” is a question I’ve grown used to hearing when I meet someone for the first time. Yet after all these years, I still hesitate over my answer.

#MondayBlogs
November 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Traveling the Familiar: Why Certain Places Feel Like Home | @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/wQeAi78

In The Reader, the protagonist comments that he once believed he should be more adventurous in his travel, so he explored countries and cities he might not have visited.

#MondayBlogs
November 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
💚 Finding Refuge in Marriage: Turning a Painful Past into Lifetime Love | @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/iGS23F4

Refuge can refer to shelter or protection from danger or distress, but it can also refer to a feeling of being seen and cherished, of belonging.

#MondayBlogs
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
As a child, I remained the reserved one, the observer rather than participant, the child apart.

@MargaretWhitford.bsky.social, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙒𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮: 𝘼 𝘿𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧’𝙨 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙞𝙧 (2026 SheWritesPress)

#Memoir #Excerpt #Trauma
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Scarcity can engender its own kind of beauty, because we recognize with deeper clarity what remains.

~ @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙒𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮: 𝘼 𝘿𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧’𝙨 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙞𝙧 (June 2026 @SheWritesPress)

#Memoir
October 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
💚 Motherhood Is Another Country, One That I Will Never Know by @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social vist.ly/4bw94

“Do you have children?” is a question I’ve grown used to hearing whenever I meet someone for the first time. And yet after all these years, I still hesitate over my answer.

#MondayBlogs
October 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Traveling the Familiar: Why Certain Places Feel Like Home | @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/wQeAi78

In The Reader, the protagonist comments that he once believed he should be more adventurous in his travel, so he explored countries and cities he might not have visited.

#MondayBlogs
October 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
💚 Finding Refuge in Marriage: Turning a Painful Past into Lifetime Love | @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/iGS23F4

Refuge can refer to shelter or protection from danger or distress, but it can also refer to a feeling of being seen and cherished, of belonging.

#MondayBlogs
October 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM