Full Circle – My Mom and Me: Amy Truong

In this series, we invited some of our local moms to have photos taken with their moms, and talk to us about their relationship. As we get older, it’s not uncommon to find ourselves caring for our parents as well as our own family.

Local mom Amy Truong says the best piece of advice her mom ever gave her was “don’t rely on other people, make sure you are able to stand on your own two feet”. Though when it comes to her own children Amy hears her mother’s voice when she tells them: “Be respectful to others if you want respect”.

When we asked her if she thought she looked like her mom, Amy said about three-quarters! “We have the same face shape, and the same smile”.

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Erin McGann

Erin McGann is the former Managing Editor for Vancouver Mom and Toronto Mom Now. She drinks just a bit too much coffee, is a bit obsessed about sourcing local food, plays the cello moderately well, spends too much time on Twitter, keeps honeybees on a rooftop, and has a thing for single-malt whisky. Erin is working on a novel set in turn-of-the-century Vancouver, which her husband, son and dog have to hear about all the time, and also blogs at Erin at Large.