When I think back to the main things I learned from my mother, they had more to do with an overall feeling than actual words of wisdom, though there were a couple that still run through my head!  It was a way of being in the world as a woman and what it meant to create your own path.  My mother was very driven to make things happen – whatever that might be at the moment.  To give an example, in the early 80’s she worked  at a nursing agency in Orange County, California as a employee.  After only a few months at that job, she realized that not only…