A Note on Mother's Day

As I paid for my coffee on Mother’s Day 2017, the cashier said “happy mother’s day.” Immediately, my heart became as icy as the cold brew in my hand.

How dare he say that! I thought. He doesn’t know what I’m [or anyone else he’s saying this to] is going through. I got the first taste of what Mother’s Day without a mother would look like, and it was even …