05/10/2026
There comes a moment in many women’s healing journeys when we realize:
We cannot spend the rest of our lives waiting for our mothers to become someone different.
That realization can feel heartbreaking.
And liberating.
My most personal essay, “The Day I Decided Never to See My Mother Again,” is about the complicated intersection of forgiveness, boundaries, grief, compassion, estrangement, and finally learning how to stop abandoning yourself in relationship to your mother.
If Mother’s Day feels emotionally complicated for you this year, I hope these words offer some comfort, companionship, and hope.
Reflections on the taboo of mother-daughter estrangement