The First Thanksgiving After My Mother Died Was the Hardest
Thank goodness my aunt stepped up to the plate
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4 min readNov 22, 2021
My mother died of cancer the year I turned 24. Even though I was legally an adult, a girl always needs her mother.
I was living at home after a disastrous job experience in Atlanta. I was grateful that I had somewhere safe to land. Looking back now, it was a…