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Honoring Mothers in Grief on Mother's Day
Mother's Day is a most difficult day for any mother without her child to face. Help lighten the load of grief by finding your way of communicating to a mother in grief that she deserves honor and special recognition on Mother's Day.
How to Handle Mother's Day
Special days of any kind are difficult for a mother who has lost a child. The most difficult day of all is often Mother's Day. By planning ahead, a support system can be put in place that will help a mother get through the day.
Have Others Forgotten?
Following the death of a child, it often feels like everyone has forgotten. Nobody mentions the child's name for fear of causing more pain. Others have not forgotten. They honestly don't know how to show that they care.
What Should I Tell My Child?
When telling a young child about a loss due to miscarriage, keep your words honest and easy to understand. Your child will identify with feelings of loss, and will more easily come to you during his own feelings of grief.
Surviving Anniversaries
Anniversary days following the death of a child are often faced with dread and fear. By preparing for anniversary days you can survive the day, and also mange to have a sense of control in your grief as you create healing memories.
What Is Normal?
Following the death of a child, a parent will often say that it's hard to remember what normal living feels like. This is not a sign of failure, but rather proof that you are working your way through this journey of pain we call grief.
Miscarriage: A Misunderstood Grief
It is often difficult for others to recognize miscarriage as a true loss because they have not seen evidence of a child. To the mother, however, this loss is real. Only when miscarriage is accepted as a loss can a mother begin to heal.
Helping a Man Understand Miscarriage
A husband can be a tremendous support to his wife following a miscarriage when he understands the emotional and physical changes that occur when a woman experiences an early pregnancy loss.
Little Things Have Great Meaning
There is no such thing as something being insignificant to a parent when a child dies. It is so important to a parent's healing for others to allow parents to grieve as individuals, at his or her own pace, and with a sense of dignity.
Finding Relief Through the Holidays
Everything becomes painfully different for a family when a child dies. By including the deceased child in your holiday, and changing some holiday traditions, you can receive relief from some of the pain of loss.