While my husband used to encourage my stepdaughter to wish me a Happy Mother's Day, she is an adult, and he can't control her actions.

CNN: The plight of stepmoms on Mother's Day

Being wished a Happy Mother's Day by my parents and friends also felt bad.

CNN: The plight of stepmoms on Mother's Day

"I am so happy today that my son is well, " Francine Fitzgerald, Hand's mother, said in a statement.

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