A few weeks ago, I shared this post about the project I’d envisioned for honoring our motherhood as loss mamas. You see, this time of year is really hard for mothers like us. Mothers who hold our precious children in our hearts, instead of our arms. All the talk about “Mother’s Continue Reading …
You know, a lot of times loss mothers feel excluded from the world of motherhood because our mothering looks different than “traditional” mothering. I know I struggle with this, and many other Still Mothers do, as well. It’s hard to feel like a mother when your child is missing from Continue Reading …
If you’re a loss mom, you’ve most likely heard the words “at least” about the death of your child. I wish it wasn’t so, but people love to try to put a pretty bow on things, even ugly unspeakably horrible things like the death of a child. They say “at Continue Reading …
One question we get asked a lot here at Still Mothers is some form of “How do I handle pregnancies and living children after my only child died?” I would love to sit down and write out the perfect response to this question, because I know how confusing it can Continue Reading …
One year ago, on May 10th, Still Mother’s went live. Our vision for a place to support all loss mothers with no living children came into being. Many months of hard work – writing, planning, creating, and designing – all came together in a lovely way, and we began on a Continue Reading …
You know who she is: the Still Mother in your life. She is a mother – she carried life inside her body, she birthed her child into the world – but her precious child died, and she has no child to raise. Her heart is bursting with love, but there Continue Reading …
My dear sweet Samuel, Tomorrow is your birthday. Four years since we said hello and goodbye. Four years since our world lost its light. Four years is too long. Four years is more than I thought I would make it without you. Four years passed by in a lifetime and Continue Reading …
Today we celebrate the love we hold in our hearts for our precious children. A love that’s stronger than death; a love that never ends. On behalf of all of us here at Still Mothers, we wish you a gentle day filled with love and memories of the sweet little Continue Reading …
This is our fourth Christmas since Samuel’s life began, and third since it ended. In many ways, it’s easier than previous years. But that’s mostly because we’ve completely reconstructed how we participate in the holiday. Instead of big holiday gatherings – with lots of people, gifts, music, and festivities – Continue Reading …
This post was written as part of the UPLIFT series, by Carly Marie. Learn more, and get connected. It originally appeared on our sister site, Still Standing Magazine. ________________________________________________________________________________ Growing up, Christmas was a wonderful time. It was twinkling lights, sparkling bulbs, wintery pine, and shiny packages with swirling ribbons. It Continue Reading …
At times, as Still Mothers, it can feel like we’re just waiting around for the next terrible thing to happen. Like we’re constantly on edge because we know exactly what can and does happen all the time to people. (In a word: anything). We’ve realized that we don’t have control over our Continue Reading …
Hello Still Mothers, I’m sure we don’t need to tell you it was Father’s Day this past weekend*. It was a tough weekend for us as Still Parents…another day that’s not at all how it should be. We hope it was a gentle as possible for you. We had lots Continue Reading …
Note: Today I’ve shared a post on Still Standing Magazine called Breaking the Second Silence that this post accompanies. It is about how some loss mothers (Still Mothers) do not have children after loss. I hope you’ll take the time to read and share it. Let me tell you a little about what it’s Continue Reading …
Hello Still Mothers! Today’s Talk to us Tuesday is about Alex’s post yesterday. Did you read it? She really knows how to say the things we’re thinking and feeling. If you haven’t seen it, you can find it here. When your child dies, you instantly know what it means to really Continue Reading …
Hello Still Mothers! We’re back for another round of Talk to us Tuesday. If you’ve been following us, you know that Tuesdays are the days we like to hear from YOU, about what it’s like to be a Still Mother. If you’d like to learn more about what this weekly Continue Reading …
Well, it’s here: Mothers Day. Honestly, I believe it’s one of the hardest days for a loss mama to bear. It just hurts. Deeply. Everything about it is wrong. On one hand, we are mothers and deserve to have our motherhood honored just as much – actually, I’m just going Continue Reading …
