Behind Every Good Man

by Sara Goodman Confino

“But how often can you make someone’s day for as little as a dollar?”

what’s not worth much to us may be worth a lot more to others.”

“Mama told me once that behind every good man was an even better woman,” I said quietly. Anna turned to look at me. “You know full well he wouldn’t be anywhere without you. And Michael wouldn’t be here without me. It seems a shame to just let them make all the decisions after we put them in the room.”

wanted this little girl to grow up to know she could do so much more than just marry well and make the perfect brisket. I wanted her to see that she could do anything, be anything, from a wife and mother to an astronaut.

Because she deserved to be the person she wanted to be, not just who the world expected her to be.