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What Mother’s Day is like when you’re estranged from your mom

“Mother’s Day is always uncomfortable for me, ever since I was little,” 36-year-old Sally* said in a Gchat interview. Last year before Mother’s Day, Sally decided to cut ties with her mom, who left home when Sally was a child but sporadically reappeared throughout the years without explanation.

For people like Sally who have toxic relationships with their moms, Mother’s Day can be an annual reminder of th...