05/10/2026
Happy Mothers Day! It’s taken me years to come to peace with Mother’s Day. When I was six my mama passed away. My dad met my step when I was 9, and married a couple years later. He would tell me to wish her a Happy Mother’s Day, my retort was always ‘she’s not my mother’. My pr***en brain felt I would be dishonoring her or something like that. It wasn’t until I was in my late 20s that I started to appreciate what she did for me as a ‘mother’. Last year and early this year I lost two friends to cancer, both leaving little ones behind. I’m feeling a bit raw this year thinking about them and the difficult journey their children will go through, grappling going through life without their moms. Now in my 40s, I’m so thankful for my step mother and all the amazing women that stepped up to help raise my brother and I. My 2nd grade teacher, Nancy, came over one night a week for over a year to make our family dinner. Another of my parents friends, Margo, took me to dance and then I had a sleep over at her house once a week off and on for years. These are just two of the women that shaped me and loved me. Sending love to all my ‘mothers’ out there. You have helped me become who I am, loved me when I was a little jerk teenager, and will always help feel that gap in my heart ❤️
1/2- Me and my baby
3- Me and Margo. 44 years of love
4- Me and my step mother Marilyn- I was probably 10 here
5- Me, my mom, Holly, and Eva
6/7/8- My fam before age 6
