Mother’s Day was less than a fortnight ago. The outpouring of love towards Mothers – Biological, Adoptive, Angel moms, Spiritual, Stepmothers, Fur-Baby moms, Mothers to angel babies – was amazing across the globe. Social media had a variety of photographs, from baby pics to current snaps of mothers and their children, all telling different tales to the viewers. The common tale, however, was how mothers are held in high regard, in spite of their weaknesses and/or shortcomings. When all is said and done, our mothers are exemplary beings.

I am lucky to have been raised in a family where the women who directly impact my journey as a young woman are phenomenal in every definition of the word. To have gotten a front row seat to the magnificence that was both my Grandmothers, is a gift I do not take for granted because even in their absence, their legacies still…