Hello, and happy Monday! Having a hard time adjusting to the work week? Maybe try eating a handful of chocolate chips in honor of National Chocolate Chip Day. Or, if you're watching your waistline (like I should be) then maybe just indulge in these worthwhile links.

Here are the stories I'm reading, watching and engaging with today:

• Lifelong Caregiver: Yesterday was Mother's Day (a holiday first started and celebrated in West Virginia, by the way), and the Charleston Gazette-Mail's Josh Ewers shared the story of a Putnam County woman who has cared for her 70-year-old daughter since her daughter's birth. "She made me strong," Geraldine Bayless, 88, said of her daughter. The article is accompanied by photos from the Gazette-Mail's Kenny Kemp and a video produced by the paper's Carli Berkhouse. (Josh Ewers, Kenny Kemp, Carli Berkhouse, The Charleston Gazette-Mail)
• Border Migration: Migration at the U.S.'s southern border is once again in the headlines, this time after the expiration of the Title 42 public health order. Migrants from Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Turkey and more have been waiting "in an area between two layers of border wall that has become an open-air holding cell for the U.S. Border Patrol" in Tijuana, according to the Los Angeles Times. Two of the paper's photographers recently published a powerful series of photos that documented some of the migrants seeking asylum. (Gary Coronado, Carolyn Cole, The Los Angeles Times)
• Turkey's Toxic Dust: The country of Turkey held pivotal presidential elections on Sunday. While the country's inner politics may seem insignificant to many Americans, Turkey remains an important U.S. security partner and has been a NATO ally since 1952. Sunday's close election results will likely result in a runoff in two weeks. Whoever becomes Turkey's next president faces not only a host of global challenges but also some significant obstacles at home. In February, huge earthquakes killed more than 54,000 people in Turkey and Syria, Reuters reports. Now, the nation is left with toxic dust from the remaining rubble, unleashing a potentially serious health catastrophe on the already battered country. This fantastic interactive from Reuters explains more. (Ece Toksabay, Adolfo Arranz, Jitesh Chowdhury, Sudev Kiyada, Simon Scarr, Reuters)