Why I Told Jokes To My Extended Family For Mother’s Day

This mother’s day all I wanted was to hug my mother. I wanted to make up for the 602 days since our last embrace. The reality is, as I imagine for many others because of COVID, a celebration at a distance. Unfortunately, our distance happens to be the Pacific Ocean, with more than 8,000 miles between Denver and where I live in Da Nang, Vietnam. As my mother passively told me she wanted to…