Tag: MothersDay
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New Season
I’ve talked before about grief seasons. Many bereaved parents have a certain period each year that their grief is more prominent. This seasonal grieving usually settles in two or three years after the death of their child. The first few years are so hard. Grief triggers are everywhere, and emotions are raw. But even eight…
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The Ring
Eight years ago on Mother’s Day, we celebrated our younger daughter’s engagement. Her fiancé had proposed a few weeks earlier with a beautiful wooden ring that he made. But, she had asked me several years prior if, when she got married, she could have her grandmother’s wedding set to be engaged with. Rachel was an…
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Invisible
When this post goes live on Monday, May 6th, we will be in between two significant Sundays for grieving mothers. The second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day in the US. It’s been celebrated annually since 1908 and became an official holiday in 1914. Almost 100 years later, a mother in Australia started International Bereaved…
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Not Just Another Holiday
By the time this post publishes we will be past another holiday. But, not just any holiday; this past Sunday was Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are hard for bereaved parents. So hard, in fact, that there are International Bereaved Mother’s and Father’s Days. Bereaved Mother’s Day is always commemorated (I can’t say…
A Light for My Path 