Reflections on Mother’s Day about not being a Mother

K.D. McTavish
4 min readMay 8, 2022
Photo by Chema Photo on Unsplash

Most social media is a buzz today with people posting pictures of their moms, their kids and moms that are no longer here. I scroll through some of the posts and a wave of sadness washes over me. I guess I could post a picture of my mom and I, but neither of us are fond of cameras and as a result have only a handful of pictures of us together. Even baby pictures of the two of us are hard to come by…

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K.D. McTavish

I drink too much Diet Coke, spend too much time in my head and smile when I feel like crying. I spill my guts online for strangers to read.