Reconnecting as a Daughter, Letting Go as a Parent

An essay, a wedding, and Wordle

Mom in the living room, doing her daily puzzle. © Deborah Copaken

For my most recent essay in The Atlantic—called, alternately (I’m sure they’re still A/B testing titles), either “Reconnecting with My Mother Through Wordle” or “Me, My Mom, and Wordle”—I gave the editors permission to use this photo I shot of my mother doing her crossword puzzle, but they…