After sad Mother's Day 2020, vaccines offer sweet reunions

Leland Stein, left, takes a photo with his mother Sondra Green in her apartment in New York on April 26, 2018. The two are reuniting in person for Mother’s Day as vaccinations have made families feel more comfortable gathering for the holiday. (Leland Stein via AP)

This photo shows, from left, Vanessa Gordon, Benjamin Gordon (seated), Regina Pinto, Robert Pinto, Sarah Gordon and Robert Pinto II at the elder Robert Pinto’s birthday party on March 8, 2020, at his home in Roxbury, Conn. Vanessa Gordon, her kids and others in the family will reunite with a grandmother in person for Mother’s Day this year as vaccinations have made families feel more comfortable gathering for the holiday. (Robert Pinto II via AP

This 2016 photo shows Heather Krug, right, and her mother, Brenda Krug, at The Getty Villa in Los Angeles. The two are reuniting in person for Mother’s Day this year as vaccinations have made families feel more comfortable gathering for the holiday. (Heather Krug via AP)

This photo shows Meredith Shear, left, and her mother, Janice Shear, in Locust Valley, N.Y. The family is reuniting in person for Mother’s Day this year as vaccinations have made families feel more comfortable gathering for the holiday. (Janice Shear via AP)