Things Mother Said

Things Mother Said is a collection of quotes from the author's mother, Mildred Harvest Massey, who was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. Mildred was only eight years old when her mother passed away, and she was subsequently raised by several aunts. Her aunts instilled in her the values of being a woman, a wife, and a mother.

In her late teens, Mildred married William M. Massey, a master electrician. In the late 1940s, Mildred and William moved to Detroit, Michigan, where they became th...