>> THINK BACK A YEAR AGO TO MOTHER’S DAY 2023. WE EITHER COULD NOT SEE OUR MOMS AND IF YOU HAD OLDER MOMS, THEY WERE EITHER IN ASSISTED LIVING OR NURSING HOMES AND MANY OF THOSE RUN LOCKDOWN. FAST FORWARD ONE YEAR AND THE VACCINES HAVE LED TO MANY LONG-OVERDUE REUNIONS. >> ALL THE WAY FROM BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AFTER 15 MONTHS. REUNITED WITH MOM. >> LELAND STEIN HAS ALWAYS BEEN CLOSE WITH HIS MOM, SONDRA. IN FACT, ALL 4 OF HER BOYS OFTEN VISITED HER IN NEW YORK UNTIL COVID GOT IN THE WAY. >> IT HAS BEEN 15 MONTHS SINCE WE GOT TOGETHER. >> 15 LONG MONTHS. >> FINALLY, THIS WEEKEND, LELAND, WHO LIVES IN ARLINGTON GOT TO BE WITH HIS 93-YEAR-OLD , MOM. SONDRA, A FORMER VASSER COLLEGE DRAMA PROFESSOR WHO COUNTS MERYL STREEP AMONG HER FORMER STUDENTS, BOTH MOTHER AND SON FULLY VACCINATED AND NO MASKS. >> I KNOW I AM SPEAKING FOR ALL OF THE MOTHERS WHO HAVE HAD TO BE WITHOUT THEIR CHILDREN DURING THIS TIME AND THE SWEET REUNION WE ALL WILL HAVE WHEN WE DO SEE OUR FAMILIES AGAIN. >> IT FEELS GOOD. IT FEELS LIKE BEING HOME AGAIN AND HOW LUCKY AM I TO HAVE MY MOTHER HERE? SO VIBRANT AND STILL TELLING ME WHAT TO DO. >> SOME THINGS DO NOT CHANGE WITH MOTHER CHILDREN RELATIONSHIPS. >> WHEN YOU HAVE LITTLE CHILDREN, YOU HAVE LITTLE WORRIES. WHEN YOU HAVE BIGGER KIDS, YOU HAVE BIGGER WORRIES. YOU NEVER STOP BEING A MOTHER. DR. AND THE BIGGEST LESSON LEARNED FROM THEIR TIME APART? >> KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE PHRASE, DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO WAIT, BUT GOOD THINGS DO COME. >> THE OLD CLICHE IS TRUE. FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN YOUR LIFE. >> A LOT OF WISDOM. A HAPPY MOTHER’
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‘It feels good’: Man reunites with 93-year-old mother in individual for first time in 15 months
Up to date: 4:09 AM CDT Could 10, 2023
A Massachusetts man acquired to spend time in the identical room along with his 93-year-old mom for the primary time in 15 months on Mom’s Day weekend.Leland Stein, of Arlington, says he has all the time been shut along with his mother, Sondra Inexperienced, a former Vassar School drama professor who nonetheless lives in New York Metropolis.Stein and his three brothers would typically go to their mom in New York earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Stein nonetheless drove right down to see his mother for month-to-month visits, however needed to sit outdoors her window.However mom and son each lately vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19, they usually acquired to spend a while collectively on Mom’s Day.”I do know I am talking for the entire moms who’ve needed to be with out their kids throughout this time, and the candy reunion all of us may have once we do see our households once more,” Inexperienced mentioned.”It feels good. It appears like being house once more,” Stein mentioned. “How fortunate am I to have my mom right here?”Stein is the primary of his siblings to get to see his mom in individual.
A Massachusetts man acquired to spend time in the identical room along with his 93-year-old mom for the primary time in 15 months on Mom’s Day weekend.
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Leland Stein, of Arlington, says he has all the time been shut along with his mother, Sondra Inexperienced, a former Vassar School drama professor who nonetheless lives in New York Metropolis.
Stein and his three brothers would typically go to their mom in New York earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Stein nonetheless drove right down to see his mother for month-to-month visits, however needed to sit outdoors her window.
However mom and son each lately vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19, they usually acquired to spend a while collectively on Mom’s Day.
“I do know I am talking for the entire moms who’ve needed to be with out their kids throughout this time, and the candy reunion all of us may have once we do see our households once more,” Inexperienced mentioned.
“It feels good. It appears like being house once more,” Stein mentioned. “How fortunate am I to have my mom right here?”
Stein is the primary of his siblings to get to see his mom in individual.
