Mother Day Blog

How to be a good friend to a Duchenne mom this Mother’s Day

Those gestures that you call “little things” are not little to us. The way you text or call just to check in makes me feel cared for. The cards you send when something heartbreaking has happened, makes me feel loved. The prayers you say for us when we aren’t even aware, the hugs, the long conversations we have – those are not little in my eyes. In fact, those are the very things that often keep me afloat somedays, and remind moms like me that we are not alone.