I love my mother to death and would never change her for anything. But at the age of 20 I hope to be out of the house. I wish to heal, graduate from college, travel the world and feel free.

To my mom, who showed me the power of love that spans generations Mother’s Day means so much more than anything a person can articulate. It’s a feeling, it’s a relationship, it’s a blessing.

I missed my children, but I needed my mom, and there she was. Thank you, mom, for carrying me through the winter storm to spring: I am healing as the flowers bloom. — Anne-Marie Linnen ...