What void will you fill?
It’s been almost eight weeks since I lost my mother. I was told that when someone dies, they leave a void. And when each person who knew them takes a piece of the void, the hole gets filled. I find this idea comforting. On the one hand, I feel my mother’s presence very acutely. On […]
How to do Mother’s Day without a Mother?
This was my first mother’s day without a mother. I wasn’t sure who I would be. My mother being my mother was central to my existence. This is how it is when you have a mother like mine: Everything I did was inspiring and fantastic and gave her enormous joy. Every day. Unfailingly. Sunday morning, […]