May 11, 2021
6 min read
My Abusive Mom Died on Mother’s Day
How I found beauty and connection in pain and loss
Twelve years ago on Mother’s day, my mother was dying. It was sad and painful and beautiful.
The day before Thanksgiving in 2008, my mom was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer. She was given six months to live. One week later, I pulled my kids — then seven and five — out of school and…
