{"id":7062,"date":"2017-05-12T21:03:31","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T21:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/?p=7062"},"modified":"2022-06-28T10:57:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T10:57:26","slug":"mothers-day-and-reconciling-the-loss-of-a-child-tips-on-handling-grief-in-the-wake-of-a-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/mothers-day-and-reconciling-the-loss-of-a-child-tips-on-handling-grief-in-the-wake-of-a-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother\u2019s Day and Reconciling the Loss of a Child: Tips on Handling Grief in the Wake of a Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

For all you mothers out there, you look forward to a day like Mother\u2019s Day because you know that you can put your feet up and enjoy all the well-deserved attention from the kids and your significant other. It\u2019s also a day to just simply celebrate the joy that is motherhood where you can fulfill all those motherly feelings that you have developed over the years.<\/p>\n

What happens, though, when that role of mother takes an untimely turn and you must deal with the loss of a child? While grief for every type of loss is difficult and unbearable at times, losing a child can seem like it is impossible to ever get past. After all, as the parent, you are supposed to go before your children \u2013 they are your heritage and a way to keep your name and memory living on. You are also at a loss with what to do with all the motherly feelings you have in terms of caring for others and filling that role as Mom.<\/p>\n

No matter when it occurred, the loss of a child can consume you in sadness, but it tends to hit even harder on special days like holidays, their birthday, and days like Mother\u2019s Day when you think about how they would have been doing something with you on that day or would have made you something with their hands and heart.<\/p>\n

Here are some tips for handling that grief in the wake of a celebration on Mother\u2019s Day that your other children or family members want to hold:<\/p>\n