By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director
For many during this year of the pandemic, Mother’s Day will be filled with virtual visits.
Forced to delete travel from the day’s to-do list because of Coronavirus-related stay-at-home orders, adult children will be connecting with their mothers through FaceTime, Skype, and other video conferencing platforms. Others will resort to the old-fashioned phone to spend some quality time with their mothers and grandmothers.
Between the cards and the cakes, the gift deliveries and the garden walks, let us remember the incredible treasure mothers represent in our lives.
When we were just months old, they held us through the night, when only their touch could console us. When we were children, they might have been our primary party-planners, making sure everything was just right for our birthdays.
As we grew older, they were witnesses to our lives, present for everything from play performances to proms, from graduation ceremonies to wedding vows.
We owe them so much–and, in a post-Roe world, children can credit their mothers with making the choice for life.
As a caller said to me this week, “Remember, if your mother had had an abortion, you wouldn’t be here.”
And so I would like to offer a round of applause to all mothers, whether your children came to you through birth or through the heart by adoption. You are the miracle-makers in our midst, and we all owe you a debt of gratitude.
Next year, I hope we can all deliver our thanks in person!
