Happy Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day stirs a mixed range of emotions for me, as it does for many whose mothers are no longer alive. As I wrote about in The Reluctant Caregiver, my mother and I often did not see eye to eye. Yet there is a bond that can never be broken. I took my first breath in her presence, and she took her last breath in my presence.

I was getting my hair cut yesterday, and out of nowhere, I thought about one of the last photos ever taken of my mother, which was at the hair salon. How she even managed to get out of the house in the pain she was in, I don’t fully comprehend, but she loved to have her hair done.

She was gone two months later.

For those who are grieving this Mother’s Day, I hope you are able to find some comfort and peace through memories and reflections.