Still a Mother, always a Mother. Please save a special thought for those of us who have lost a child. This

[Raven]

day is an especially hard one for us.

https://abedformyheart.com/still-a-mother/

[hlthe2b]

1. You are in my thoughts, Raven...

A for Will

[Marthe48]

2. One of my friends lost her son last wk

I hadn't met him. Friend and I reconnected on fb 40 yrs after h.s. She is a nice person and I feel terrible for her.

[blm]

3. 💐💔💐

[Duppers]

4. THANK you.

I lost a full-term baby girl many yrs ago.

[LoisB]

16. That is a tough one. I am so sorry and it doesn't matter how many years ago.

[quaint]

5. Thinking of you and Will today.

Happy memories.
💕

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. So hard to imagine anything worse than burying your child.

Thinking of you and Will today.

[redwitch]

7. Bless you Raven.

.Will was amazing and very much missed.

[MuseRider]

8. Sending special warm love to you and others.

I cannot even begin to imagine if I had lost either of my sons. It is too painful to even imagine.

Will was a hard loss for all of us here but especially for you. Not even close. There can't be much else worse than that. I hope at least the hard edge of that pain can ease a bit. Warm thoughts and love to you and all who suffer this day.

[Diamond_Dog]

9. Sending love

[Clouds Passing]

10. Raven 💚

I lost my son 😢

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. I had two sons.

One took his life in 2017.

I never know quite what to say when people ask me if I have children. Do I say I had two? Do I just say I have one?

As awful as it was to lose him, I have several thought here. One is that I'm grateful to still have one son. Losing your only, or losing all of them would be truly awful.

Another thought: I honestly think it would be much worse to lose a child to a disease, some terrible accident, worse yet in some mass shooting. He made a choice I wish he had not made, but it was his choice.

It helps me that I firmly believe that our souls survive bodily death, and that I will see him again.

[Clouds Passing]

12. ....

💚

[LoisB]

18. I believe that too. I am sorry.

[calimary]

13. Thinking of you today, Raven.

Please know you’re not alone even while you may feel that way. As one wise DUer once said: “someone’s always here.”

[MLAA]

14. Sending kind thoughts and hugs.

[markie]

15. Yes

lost my daughter just a year ago... losing a child is rough

[LoisB]

17. Peace to all the mothers (and fathers) who have lost a child. There is no greater loss.

[kacekwl]

19. I feel their pain.

My daughter lost a child shortly after birth. Nothing has ever been so difficult and yet so sweet as holding her passed child in my arms.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

20. You are not alone

[JMCKUSICK]

21. I am so sorry Raven

And that only adds to my admiration for your courage and strength in standing up for so many "Forgotten Mothers".
Thank you!

[soldierant]

22. I knew there was a reason

I saved the email this came in ... hope it helps.

https://johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/for-those-who-hurt-on-mothers-day

I never had children, never wanted to. What I had was endometriosis and the only thing connected with reproduction I ever wanted was menopause. But I generally agree with almost everything John has to say. And 100% with this essay. So it's from me too.