. Hi Reader, I hope your week is going well! I hope your Mother's Day went well and that you were spoiled by your kids!! If not, know that you're not alone. Year after year, I've heard from other moms that their Mother's Day was a disappointment...which led me to write the blog post below. I know that disappointment is common based on how many people find and read this particular blog post in May around Mother's Day in the U.S. and in March for Mother's Day in the UK. My Mother's Day was...

. Hi Reader, I hope your week is going well! Mother's Day is this weekend! Typically, I send Mother's Day emails way before now, but the past two months have been anything but typical, so I'm a bit off in my timing. Also, it's my first Mother's Day without my mom, since she passed less than a month ago, so it's hitting a bit differently this year. All that aside, I was chatting with a couple of friends last night, and we all had a common theme of what we're hoping for on Mother's Day this...

. Hi Reader, This email is going to be a bit of a heavy one, but it has some important lessons as we, and our parents, age. As I mentioned previously, it was my 40th birthday on April 14th...and as I can sadly share with you now, my mom died at 12:25 am on April 15th. Her last gift to me was being able to somehow hold on until it was no longer my birthday to take her last breath. My mom just turned 68 last month, the same month she entered hospice care, 8 years after being diagnosed with...