The author (front) with her sister, mother, and grandmother in August 2017 after her mom's cancer diagnosis.
Photo: Julianne Schaer
- My mom and I were both yoga teachers. She died of endometrial cancer just before Mother's Day 2018.
- Now, on Mother's Day weekend, I teach a class for her friends and students. It's also online.
- This tradition makes me feel connected to my mom and has turned my pain into something positive.
When people hear that my mom died the afternoon before Mother's Day in 2018...