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…
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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…
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I Miss the Little Moments with My Mom the Most
You think it’s going to be the big holidays that are hard. The first Thanksgiving without her. The first Christmas.…
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“It Can Wait.” What I’ve Learned about Doing Too Much after My Mom Died Young
My mom died at the age of 45. Yes, just 45. Around Mother's Day, the reality of just how young…
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I’m Happy for You But I’m Still Grieving: Remarriage after Loss
“I take you for my lawful wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse,…
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By Sherry Parnell Your Love Is Passed On
For so much of my life, I never understood why people used the phrase “passed on” when someone died. I…
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By Lyndsay Zadnik My Mother Raised Me To Go On Without Her
“The kids are spending the night at Grandma’s, and I’m eyeballs deep in Fritos while catching up on all my…
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I Wish I Had the Chance to Be Friends with My Mom
Dear Mom, I never got the chance to appreciate you as a mother. There was so much life still to…
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By Sue Volikas I Miss Little Moments With My Mother the Most
It has been almost 15 years since I have seen my mother. I miss her soft hands. I miss her…
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By Jessica Grillo What It’s Like to Love a Motherless Daughter
At first, you’ll get lost in her sad eyes. Eyes that will haunt you in your dreams. You’ll feel the…
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