The Mourning Mother

We who sit and wait for the call

Photo by Kayla Koss on Unsplash

There is so much about being the mother of a son who is in the military that I cannot process. With the fighting in Ukraine, the injustice of war is at the forefront of my mind. He is not there. He is not even leaving the US anytime soon. But, his friends are there. They are somewhere near the border. And their mothers are my friends. I cannot separate myself from their…