A poignant inscription from a mother to a daughter

This inscription appears on the first page of the 1946 Triangle Books hardcover edition of Kathleen Norris' "Bread Into Roses":

In case you couldn't read it all, it states:

"To Mary Ellen
From
Mother
June 28, 1946

From now on your decisions will become more and more your own. Choose wisely, think long, but remember life is what you make it — Happiness is found in thinking of others. It's been nice having you for a baby — a little girl and from now on I hope we will always be good pals."

* * *I have no idea who Mary Ellen is. But I figure she'd be between 82 and 86 now, if she's still alive. Wouldn't it be wonderful if I could get this book back in her hands?