I love Beth Teitell’s stories (“ ‘Don’t forget to take your pills!,’ ’’ Page A1, May 11). They are very sociological and deal with important social issues. Personally, I am glad I had a momma at 100 to tell me what to do. We all need mommas. Mom died in 2009. I was 64. I miss her advice.

Jack Nusan Porter

Newtonville

The writer is a sociologist at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University.