by Angela Miller Sometimes grief makes me feel like I’m losing my mind. Like my brain has been hijacked. No, really. A few weeks ago, I read the beginning of a sentence over and over again about twenty or thirty times. It took me almost that long to figure out why my brain couldn’t makes […]
What Mother’s Day Is Like For Grieving Moms
by Angela Miller Earlier this week we invited you to speak your truth about Mother’s Day. We were flooded with hundreds of responses: the raw truth about what Mother’s Day is really like for you– grieving moms. Moms who often feel there is no place for you anymore on this day. No place for you to honor […]
Let Me Tell You Who I Am Now
by Angela Miller I am still a person like you, with a life like yours, yet not. I am still a mother like you, yet not at all like you, all at the same time. I wish there was some way you could understand me, without becoming who I am now. You see, there’s a […]
Your Child’s Name in ‘Mother of All Mothers’! (6th Edition)
Would you like your child(ren)’s name(s) in the next edition of You Are the Mother of All Mothers ? The 6th Edition Tribute Page is now OPEN! Please share far and wide. Spaces are limited and will fill quickly. If you’re interested in purchasing a memorial spot, you may order/reserve your spot HERE. We can honor multiple children on one […]
Still A Mother
by Angela Miller I dedicate this to each and every mother who lives without her precious child(ren), to every mother who has no living children, and to every woman who longs to be a mother. We see you. We remember you. And we honor your motherhood. You are a beautiful, beautiful mother. Mother’s Day can […]
“Be Joyful?”
Guest post by Jess McCormack This image has greeted me each morning for the past couple of months. A thoughtful Christmas gift from one of my favourite shops with a fairly common seasonal message: “be joyful.” Only some mornings, most mornings, it feels like an instruction, a demand, a monumental task set before me. It should […]
Dear Newly Bereaved Parent
This will likely be the hardest thing you’ll ever do. Survive this. And eventually, maybe even thrive again. At times it will feel virtually impossible. You’ll wonder how a human being can survive such pain. You’ll learn you know how to defy the impossible. You did it from the moment your child’s heart stopped, and yours kept […]
All I Want for Christmas
by Angela Miller There’s not much I want for Christmas anymore. Not since you were stolen from us. Ever since, Christmas just doesn’t have the same excitement and joy it once did. No offense to baby Jesus. In fact, I quite love him– a lot– but the sight of Him in the manger makes me ache for you, my […]
6 Ways to Survive the Holidays Without Your Child
by Angela Miller For a bereaved parent, this time of year might not be the season of Yuletide-cheer it once was. Your eggnog might taste like crap even if it is homemade. The lights and Lords-a-leapin’ may have lost their luster. The whole season might feel like a cruel, sick joke. Worse yet, you might […]
6 Things to Never Say to a Bereaved Parent
by Angela Miller If you’re a bereaved parent, you can probably count on at least five hands the number of phrases you wish people would never, ever say to you. If only there was a way for the world to learn how to speak compassionately to the brokenhearted. What many people believe is a comforting […]