Markus Schmidt of Richmond Times Dispatch profiles Mary Townley’s and Carol Schal’s daughter, Emily:

What are the downsides of having two mothers and no father?

If you ask Emily Townley, it just makes Mother’s Day a little harder. And back in elementary school, there was little for her to do when the other kids made cards for Father’s Day.

“My teachers said, ‘Just make one for your grandparents,’ and that was that,” Emily said

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