by Sydell Weiner | Jan 3, 2018 | Aging, Bereavement, Grief, Grief Support, Losing a Loved One, parenting, Relationships
“Mommy, can you sew a button on my P.E. uniform?” “Ma, I sat on my homework and it’s wrinkled, can you iron it?” “Mom, I signed you up to bring cookies on Thursday, OK?” These are the sounds that filled my home for over...
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...