10/10/2025
WHO IS A GRIEVING MOTHER?
Does she look different from one who is not?
Is her pain visible in the smile she sometimes forces...
behind the eyes on the verge of tears?
Can you see the aging her body feels from the trauma of loss?
She’s one who still pictures herself from before the loss...
and is sometimes caught off guard at the reflection looking back from the mirror.
Who is a grieving mother?
She’s one who ignores a baby shower or birthday invitation one day,
because the pain is still too raw.
And the next, celebrates the small milestones,
for she knows how precious they are.
She’s one who boxes up a lifetime of mementos in an afternoon to spare others the pain.
Yet years later still can’t dredge up the courage to go through them again.
Who is a grieving mother?
She’s one who holds it together in the big things and falls apart over spilled milk.
Who loves deeply those closest to her, but keeps her heart guarded for protection from others.
She’s one who grimaces at the first laughs after loss,
but later laughs louder than most.
Who finds joy in the simple things and relishes every day moments.
Who is a grieving mother?
She’s one held hostage by dates on the calendar and unexpected triggers.
And one who will always pause for sunsets, butterflies, and sweet signs from above.
She’s one who lets go of friends unable to support her.
And one who treasures those who didn’t walk away.
Who is a grieving mother?
She’s one who can experience an array of emotions on any given day.
And one who wishes tears would come when numbness covers her.
She’s one who screams at God one moment and clings to him the next.
Who didn’t expect her faith to grow so much from the most important unanswered prayer she ever spoke.
Who is a grieving mother?
She is one as complicated as the grief she carries.
“Do not judge the Grieving Mother.
She comes in many forms.
She is breathing, but she is dying.
She may look young, but inside she has become ancient.
She smiles, but her heart sobs.
She walks, she talks, she cooks, she cleans, she works,
she IS but she IS NOT, all at once.
She is here, but part of her is elsewhere for eternity.”
~ Author Unknown ~
