Motherhood By Degrees By Kim Jackson

No beautifully framed diploma hung on my mom’s wall. She was a wise woman, but not a college graduate. She would say “I don’t have a degree in anything—unless you count washing and ironing!” But I’m confident her wisdom encompassed a wider variety of fields.

So in this season of Moms and Grads it seems appropriate that I award the following honorable degrees to my mother, Doris Rose Bush Jackson.

Journalism: Mom believed that all my articles deserve Pulitzer Prizes, but her passionate letters to the editor were the real award winners.