Eat, Darling, Eat 

Joana Calderon is one of the 25 percent of Latinas who have had an abortion, many of whom deal with a culture of shame and silence. Joana grew up in a traditional Catholic home where talking about sex or birth control was taboo. When she became pregnant as a 20-year-old college student and scheduled a medication abortion with the help of Planned Parenthood, she was afraid to tell her mother. To her surprise, sharing the experience brought mother and daughter closer. Joana's mom Rose now participates in marches and rallies advocating for safe and accessible abortion. (https://hiplatina.com/latina-abortion-closer-mother/)

Barbara Shay, chef and owner of The Little Red Hen, made the best salmon croquettes, buttery grits, biscuits, and chicken with rosemary picked from her garden. Her daughter, Annisa Faquir, managed the books and the register. Together they created a beloved hub for their community of Altadena, California. It burned to the ground in the Eaton wildfire of January 7, 2025. Ms. Shay is searching for a way to continue feeding people. Maybe a food truck. (Photos: Philip Cheung for The New York Times)

By the time Emma Murphy learned that a drug she took to manage epilepsy could harm babies in the womb, her daughter Lauren had been diagnosed with cerebral palsy. She co-founded In-Fact (the Independent Fetal Anti- Convulsant Trust) to prevent other families from being victimized by a scandal deemed bigger than thalidomide. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/22/the-mothers-fighting-a-scandal-bigger-than-thalidomide-we-were-told-the-medication-was-safe (Janet Williams and Emma Murphy, co-founders of In-Fact, to support other parents of children affected by sodium valproate. Photograph: Annie Challenger/The Guardian)