There are countless women–and men–who struggle around Mother’s Day, in different ways. What’s on YOUR Mother’s Day heart, Neighbor?
What Kind of Mother Has No Child 2017
Dear Journeyer, On May 8, 2015, I wrote this letter to you. I’m re-sharing it now, with a few time-related updates, because I feel it bears repeating again and again, year after year, until it has reached every single mother who has ever experienced the physical death of a child or the death of her Motherhood dream. Please share it with every … Read More
What Kind of Mother Has No Child 2016
Dear Journeyer, On May 8, 2015, I wrote this letter to you. I’m re-sharing it now, with a few time-related updates, because I feel it bears repeating again and again, year after year, until it has reached every single woman who has ever experienced the physical death of a child or the death of her Motherhood dream. Please share it with … Read More
More Healing for Your Bookshelves
Dear Journeyer, I have been away the last eight days: in fact I think I might have even missed last week’s Happy Happens column! Id not, well, I am simply brain-jet-momma worried for her child-fatigued while we wait to hear updates on Fave’s impending surgery. BUT TODAY I RECEIVED THE BEST NEWS I’VE HAD IN A LONG TIME!! The Grief … Read More
What Kind of Mother Has No Child?
Two of my cards are in the mail, the third is filled out and waiting for Warren to read. Radio stations are running contests while television commercials are packed with everything from flowers to chocolate to fine jewelry. Everyone wants us to remember our mothers, to pay tribute to women everywhere, females who know what that classroom is all about… … Read More