Mother's Day: A Different Kind of Motherhood

Bonang Matheba On Mother's Day

Bonang Matheba reflects on matriarchs, motherhood, and community this Mother's Day — and raises a glass to every woman doing it quietly, beautifully, without recognition. The post To the Women Who Never Asked for Applause appeared first on Just Trimmings.

Mother's Day: A Different Kind of Motherhood

Another Kind of Motherhood: Reflections on the Occasion of Mother’s Day by Diana du Pont This Mother’s Day I will not receive a Hallmark card, a dozen roses, or a box of Shari’s Berries. Not because I am estranged from my children, or they met some tragic fate before their time. Rather, it is because my children have four legs and fur. Having been cradled in the arms of a troubled mother who repeatedly lamented, “All I have are kids, kids, kid…