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Grief, Loss
May 23, 2023
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By Amy Martin

How Do You Say Goodbye to Your Mother?

Sitting at a McDonald’s table in Charleston, SC, I looked down at my ill-fitting shirt and shorts. Stress had taken…

I Wrote a Children’s Book So My Kids Could Meet My Mother

Motherhood
May 12, 2023
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By Karri Theis

I Wrote a Children’s Book So My Kids Could Meet My Mother

You rarely hear about relationships built between people who've never met, much less with someone who has passed on. The…

Time Doesn’t Make Mother’s Day Hurt Any Less

Grief, Grown Children, Living
May 8, 2023
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By Christie Lynn

Time Doesn’t Make Mother’s Day Hurt Any Less

I’ve been in this motherless daughter club for over a decade now. Most of the time, that still seems strange…

Losing My Narcissistic Mother Is Complicated

Grief, Loss
March 29, 2023
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By Jennifer Pers

Losing My Narcissistic Mother Is Complicated

It’s so utterly destructive. It’ll knock the wind—no the very oxygen—out of your sails. It’s nauseating. Conflicting. Terrifying. And so…

Grief, Loss, Motherhood
March 29, 2023
341 Views
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By Allie Gravitt

I Am the Griever

As I write this, my mother-in-law is in the ICU. We don’t expect her to leave. She’s too young. Sixty-four.…

Grief, Living, Motherhood
January 31, 2023
347 Views
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By Michelle Goering

Loving Mom (Thanks, Amazon)

I was online, searching old Amazon orders for a part we’d bought for our 1998 Buick Regal. The car was…

Faith, Grief, Loss
December 16, 2022
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By Alicia Searl

Dear Grieving Heart, Be Still and Know

It is said that grief has stages. Five to be exact. Not sure where I am on that scale, but…

Grief, Grown Children, Living
December 1, 2022
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By Jillian Van Hefty

When Mom Died, We Had Tea

My mom was never, ever without a cup of Lipton's tea. Like a dear friend, it held her hand, kept…

After My Mom Died, I Carried the Grief of Those Around Me

Grief, Grown Children, Loss
April 24, 2022
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By Susan Francke

After My Mom Died, I Carried the Grief of Those Around Me

When the phone rang at 4:30 in the morning, I knew immediately who it was and what she was going…

I’ll Never Go To a Seafood Restaurant With Her Again

Cancer, Grief
July 18, 2021
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By Alyssa Shultis

I’ll Never Go To a Seafood Restaurant With Her Again

I am 19 years old and it is the smack dab middle of summer and I am sitting outside—al fresco—at…

Grief, Loss
June 23, 2021
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By Sandy Brannan

I’ll Never Stop Losing My Mom

I lost my mom when I was 12 and cancer took her away from me. I lost her again when I…

Losing Your Mom is a Different Sort of Grief

Grief
May 3, 2021
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By Kelly Hagen

Losing Your Mom is a Different Sort of Grief

February 3rd . . . a day that changed my life forever. It was the day my Mom went to…

losing my mom

How Do You Say Goodbye to Your Mother?

I Wrote a Children’s Book So My Kids Could Meet My Mother

Time Doesn’t Make Mother’s Day Hurt Any Less

Losing My Narcissistic Mother Is Complicated

I Am the Griever

Loving Mom (Thanks, Amazon)

Dear Grieving Heart, Be Still and Know

When Mom Died, We Had Tea

After My Mom Died, I Carried the Grief of Those Around Me

I’ll Never Go To a Seafood Restaurant With Her Again

I’ll Never Stop Losing My Mom

Losing Your Mom is a Different Sort of Grief

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