Memorial Day

Remembering Mom and The Endless Cold War

Lucinda Mermin and daughter Melissa with Dylan tipping his hat on right

I started writing an essay about the longing of not having a mother on Mother's Day back in early May. Three half-finished drafts later (I think the garden needs to be weeded right this second and I need to bake cookies says ADHD), Mother's Day came and went a few weeks ago. So I dec…