Christmas
Face it: You’d be so lost without your mother.
Dear Mom,
There is a lyric in Hamilton that asks, “What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.” Every night...
Dear Mom,
It’s because of you that I’m a strong woman. When I was six years old, you came to the United States from Haiti for a year and a...
Dear Mom,
This is my 48th year to wish you a Happy Mother’s Day. (I never thought I’d be the age you were when I thought you were “older.”)...
Mom,
What did it take to carry your infant son to the hospital, lose him to a misdiagnosis, then walk out empty-handed? How did you go home and find the...
My Dear, Sweet Mom,
Shortly after you died, I found something you wrote. I was sitting at your famous kitchen table, the same table where all the family...
