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| Friday is so close! Here's what we have today: |
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| By Bonnie Jean Feldkamp |
| It's peculiar timing that a few days before Mother's Day, the draft opinion of a Supreme Court ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade gets leaked. But perhaps that was intentional considering that the ruling would force motherhood on women who would otherwise not have chosen it. I know that I am the mother I am today because I chose not to be a mother when I was 19. |
| Make no mistake, this ruling, when it happens, will not end abortion. Some states will still provide the service. If it proceeds the way Justice Samuel Alito's draft suggests, people of wealth and privilege will travel to terminate unwanted pregnancies. Only the poor will feel the harsh cold shoulder of this inequitable law. |
| For a pregnant person without financial means, abortion costs are already a hardship. My father threw me out of the house shortly after my high school graduation. It was 1993, and I lived in a northern Kentucky suburb of Cincinnati. |
 | | Bonnie Jean Feldkamp and her family at a pumpkin patch in October 2016. | | Courtesy of Bonnie Jean Feldkamp | |
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| By Steven Petrow |
| For most of my adult life I hated Mother's Day. This Hallmark-contrived holiday arrived each May, unwanted, like a command performance at which I was sure to fail. I worried that my card wasn't nice enough, the chocolates not yummy enough or the flowers not bountiful enough. |
| Deep down, however, I knew the real reason I dreaded the day. I had a "complicated" mother (read "difficult"). |
| Mom never felt truly loved by her parents, her husband or her three kids, and she wasn't shy about expressing her disappointment. I often felt like a failure, a deficient son who did not love his mother enough. |
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| By Miguel A. Cardona |
| As a high school student in Connecticut, I always looked forward to art class with Linda Ransom, who nurtured my curiosity and creativity. One day, she tapped me on the shoulder and suggested I'd make a good teacher. |
| That moment changed the course of my life, inspired me to pursue a career as an educator and ultimately led me to an opportunity beyond my wildest dreams: serving as the U.S. secretary of Education. |
| The inspiring stories Americans share during Teacher Appreciation Week remind me that when we say education is the "great equalizer," it is our educators who make that possible. |
Other columns to read today |
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| This newsletter was compiled by Jaden Amos. |
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