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Reflections on Mother’s Day

May 8, 2023

Mother’s day is a holiday where we show appreciation and care for the maternal roles in our lives. However, this holiday can feel very overwhelming for those of us who are grieving the death of a mother figure, a mother grieving their child, or those of us grieving the loss of not being able to become mothers ourselves.

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Doug – “Effects on family”

December 16, 2018

Doug talks about how they have adjusted and do some things differently now. Doug continues to grieve the death of bis daughter in a car accident.

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Adam – Story 1

December 21, 2022

Adam shares about losing his Mom and the many wonderful things he remembers

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Joyce – Your other children

April 23, 2023

Joyce discusses how her daughter dealt helped her as well as dealing with the loss of her brother.

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Krista – “Mental illness and self medicating”

December 4, 2019

Krista talks about mental health and self medicating. Krista continues to grieve the death of her son from opioid overdose.

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Zoreena – Ask for help

March 31, 2022

Zoreena explains how important it is to ask for help

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John – Dating again

February 23, 2023

John talks about being asked by his daughters if he would ever date again

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Krista – “Range of emotions”

November 11, 2019

Krista talks about the journey towards acceptance.

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Creating Mother’s Day Traditions as a member of the Dead Mom Club

May 7, 2024

About a week after Easter this year, I noticed I was starting to feel off. My sleep wasn’t as restful, experiencing tension in my body, at times I was getting irritated with the simplest things. Then while streaming an episode of television, 4 ads back to back all talking about Mother’s Day. Then came the…

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Lyss – Therapy and the right fit

March 23, 2023

Lyss talks about therapy and finding the right fit

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Cheryl – “Complicated Grief”

December 10, 2018

Cheryl discusses unresolved grief.

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Adrianna – What I would say to younger self

April 16, 2021

Adrianna talks about tools that helped her with her grief

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