Happy Mother's Day to the kindest mom. P.S. Your kindness annoyed me when I was a kid

Bertha Ngumbi (right) with daughters Esther (left) and Faith. Family photo hide caption toggle caption Family photo Bertha Ngumbi, my sweet mother, is one of the kindest women I know. But when I was a kid growing up in Kenya with four siblings, her kindness annoyed me. My siblings — three sisters and one brother who has passed on — say the same thing. My mother always made us prepare and serve black tea to every person who came into our home. …