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[My mother, Jane. She was a cutie.]

I was raised by a mother who did not like Mothers Day.

She — quite honestly — did not like that kind of attention. I think that for her, it felt phony — all this nonsense on this one day.

And yes, Mothers Day does bring up some very complicated feelings for me (thanks, Mom), in part because now that my mother is gone fr…

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