I’m generally not much affected by the holiday. It’s been years since I left home, and by now I’ve spent more of my life without my mom than I spent with her. Time heals. But last year I learned that she had died – in 2007. And ever since then I’ve found myself thinking of her much more often, of the mother she was when I was young, and of the mother she became when I was older. And in completing my memoir, which is being released next month, naturally I’ve had to spend a great deal of time digging deeper into my long-repressed feelings towards her, this woman I once loved with all my heart.
This entry was posted in Science & Society and tagged mother, mother's day, social media, Twitter on May 13, 2014 by lorilschafer.
WOW. I found this post because it came up as “related” to your post on New Year’s. This is powerful. I wish I had “known” you last Mother’s Day, I would certainly have been one retweeting, favoriting, and commenting on your poignant, inspired tweet.