by Sydell Weiner | Jan 15, 2018 | Bereavement, Early Mother Loss, Grief, Grief Support, Losing a Loved One
I ride to the cemetery with my step-sister’s daughter, a red-headed beauty who always makes me feel included. My step-brother’s daughter is sitting in the back with her husband and they are all sharing memories. Their beloved grandmother passed away...
by Sydell Weiner | Jan 14, 2018 | Bereavement, Early Mother Loss, Grief, Grief Support, Losing a Loved One, Motherless Daughters, Surviving loss
I reach for some strawberries as my father unpacks them from his grocery bag. “No, sweetheart,” he says, “we’re saving those for mommy.” I’m 12 or 13, and my mother is sick in bed. My father reassures me that she’ll get well, so I...
by Sydell Weiner | Aug 1, 2017 | Age related Issues, Aging, Bereavement, Does the Soul Survive, Early Mother Loss, Grief, Grief Support, Life after Death, Losing a Loved One, Losing a Spouse, Mother Loss, Motherless Daughters
Would my life have been different if my mother had lived beyond my 14th year? She was my universe, and I revolved around her like a planet orbiting the sun. It was safe and predictable, and I knew where I belonged. My mother died suddenly, after a five year...
by Sydell Weiner | May 4, 2017 | Early Mother Loss, Mother Loss, Motherless Daughters, parenting
Losing a mother in childhood or adolescence leaves many unanswered questions. My mother’s story has been pieced together from faded memories, old photographs and isolated anecdotes. I hope it does justice to the woman I knew for only 14 years. My mother was...
