Mother’s Day is often a difficult time for people who have experienced the death of someone. These two writings feature women who are missing their mothers at important milestones in their lives.
A Mother Who Misses Her Mom is a poignant article by a young mother Kristin Stockschlaeder whose own mother died over a dozen years ago. She writes about longing to share this important milestone with her mom, and now how she has to explain grandma to her children. This essay in the New York Times elicited a large volume of heartfelt responses, mostly from other mothers. It touched many.
A Wedding Invitation to a Mom Long Gone is an essay published last Mother’s Day. It was sent to us by many, many people. A touching article about a woman marrying many years after her mother’s death and how she was able to reconnect with some long ago memories and her mother’s friends.
Do you have any readings you like on this topic? Please share.
