Thank you so much for reading and responding.

I have come to believe that an essential task of motherhood is forgiving your own mother....something in that process is how you learn to forgive yourself--motherhood requires daily self-forgiveness and grace. My mom is an amazing grandmother and a good human. To see myself has a whole, fallible human, I must extend the same to her. To everyone. To both of my mothers.

And yes, I'm on top of my colon cancer prevention:)