Mother’s Day 2024

Oh, Mother’s Day. You keep looping back around on the calendar. I said everything I feel about it last year, and, indeed, one is home, and the other is far away, deep in finals. Looking ahead, the same thing will happen next year, too. We will likely move one out of the dorms that Sunday, so at least I’ll see them. It is what it is.

It’s hard to have them far away on all other days of the year, and this one is no different.

It’s funny looking back at last year’s post because while I knew intellectually that it would be hard to separate, I don’t think I fully fathomed how it would feel to go through this year. And I certainly didn’t think about the breathing space afforded by summer breaks or how it would feel to set up the following year’s calendar and think about all the days between now and the next break.

I’m sending deep breaths to everyone, whether you celebrate or not, whether this day is filled with light or heavy feelings.