Francis by Patrick J. Marrin for March 28, 2022

I’m not crying, you’re crying.

I had the great fortune to have two mothers: there was the woman who raised me and then there is the woman I knew as an adult. We had a few “bumps” in the transition, but they were worth it because I got to appreciate her intelligence which I did not see as a child.

Also, I helped her develop a sense of humor as an adult.

I miss my mother too.

Well we better ask Somebody to watch over our world, cuz we ain’t doing a great job of it.

Today, 167 countries still have some form of modern slavery, which affects an estimated 46 million people worldwide….