Moms Teach Us What It Means To Have A Friend In Dark Times

This Mother’s Day is weird, and it feels different from the rest. It’s the first one I’m celebrating with faith as my stronghold, and it’s the first one I’m celebrating with my mother in a couple of years where I’ll actually be within her presence. This year was one in which almost every part of my values system and identity were tested in a manner I didn’t think possible before, and to be…