Mother’s Day is a holiday that can conjure up a kaleidoscope of colorful and beautiful memories, or it can bring back memories of almost unbearable sadness.
Had she lived, my mom would be 106. She died in 2002, just slept away as her only two children — myself and my brother Adam — and her daughter-in-law Val, sat by her bedside. I was honored to have been her caregiver for nearly seven years before she died.
Although this sounds like the beginning of a sad story, it is not. Mom had lived a full life, although not always an easy one…