Features

Dearest Mothers

By Veronica Jones, Melissa Larsen and Christine Whitton / Photographed by Cassandra Tomei

For most moms, May 9 won’t be about decadent spa treatments or gift bags filled with designer goods. It’ll be about taking a break from work, opening from-the-heart homemade gifts and spending time with their most favorite people—their children. Here, some of our favorite local moms and their kids share their most cherished memories, the joys (and challenges) of motherhood and their Mother’s Day plans.

The Quiet Giant

Written by Dawson Fearnow

In a town as fast-growing as ours, sometimes history gets lost in the shuffle. Or more accurately, history gets overshadowed by a shiny new structure or hidden under a new coat of paint—which is the ultimate catch-22 for a successful construction company. After all, when your entire reason for being is building new, innovative buildings, can you really be surprised when your past accomplishments—no matter how landmark at the time—are eclipsed by the new?