Bereaved Mother's Day

Today is Bereaved Mother's Day. It is to give those women who have lost a child an outlet to be able to acknowledge the child they lost. For all of those who have miscarried, given birth to a child who did not survive, or had a child they lost later on.

It's never easy to lose a child (even if you are not as far along yet or if you made it the whole way through, it hurts just the same). This time of year is especially hard with Mother's Day coming next weekend. For those who lost their child, Mother's Day is a hard holiday. I am so grateful to have my son, but I still am sad about next weekend. I should be celebrating with my daughter too. I am still her mother and she is still my daughter, even if I don'[t get to physically be with her.

So please be sensitive on Mother's Day to those who are hurting. There are more people than you know that have had a loss like this.

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