I hated Hallmark the year after my Mother died. Actually, I shouldn’t single out Hallmark, I hated all of major companies who seemed to run those sappy, heart-warming commercials continuously in the weeks before Mother’s Day.
Yesterday, I prayed. Yesterday I dropped to my knees and rested my head on my clutched hands on the side of my bed, closed my eyes and prayed (just the way I used to before going to bed throughout my childhood).
Randi is a diversity and inclusion strategist, speaker, trainer and writer, focusing on making connections and cultivating empathy in this diverse world one trip, speech, article, book and conversation at a time.
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