when i tuck my girls into bed at night when i smooth veras hair away from her forehead when she has a fever or scoop juliette into my arms after a tumble my heart spilling over for them i often find myself breathless with the realization of just how much my mother loved me on being a motherless mother like water dripping from a leaky faucet a kids constant nagging can be annoying and almost impossible to ignore but giving in can have real financial consequences how to end i want i want once and for all yup this sunday is mothers day and hallmark and reality are once again on a collision course many stepmothers will get their feelings hurt their hopes dashed their efforts unacknowledged and that sinking feeling of why in the world do i even try for stepmothers who dread mothers day