Readers share stories of their outstanding moms
By Maggie López
Growing up, I didn’t think my mother was special, just different. Mom was older than my friends’ mothers; she had me at 40. She didn’t speak English, having arrived in the U.S. as an exile fresh from Castro’s Cuba in her forties, too busy with young children and a struggling husband to learn the language.
Mother’s Day is almost here. Tell us about a special mom — your own mother, the mother of your kids, someone who acts as a mother figure to you.