When you become a motherless daughter you know you still have your mom, in your heart, but she is no longer physically on this earth with you.
When you become a motherless daughter, you remember the last time you said I love you and heard it back, wondering why you didn’t say it at least one more time in all the years with your mom. Because even though you said it back and forth more times than you can count, it doesn’t seem like it was enough.
When you become a motherless daughter, there are times you hurry and grab your phone, to call your mom over moments that are serious, silly, small, big, or just to call and say “Hi”, hoping your mom will pick up if you dial…but put the phone down because you know she won’t be on the other end.
When you become a motherless daughter, you have to remind yourself that your mom is gone, because it just doesn’t seem real. One day she was there….and then she wasn’t.
When you become a motherless daughter,, you think about all the life events that are to come and how your mom won’t be there (in person) to experience them.
When you become a motherless daughter, you hope this is just a dream, you will wake up from, but know that this is your new reality.
When you become a motherless daughter, there is a new meaning to “I miss my mom“.
When you become a motherless daughter, you want to help prepare others for this type of pain, but you can’t, because there is no way to prepare anyone for this.
When you become a motherless daughter, you vow to help those who go through this after you and remind them that it’s okay to not be okay.
When you become a motherless daughter, you think about that last family photo and wonder why you didn’t take more since that day. Even with all the years and years of photos, it just doesn’t seem like enough now.
When you become a motherless daughter, you want nothing more than to carry on the amazing legacy of the beautiful soul you were able to call mom.
When you become a motherless daughter, you know one day it will be more bearable, but it doesn’t make the hurt any less painful as you walk this road of grief.
When you become a motherless daughter, remember there are those of us who are going through or have gone through the loss of a mother and we will be your tribe.
When you become a motherless daughter, you wonder if you will ever have days that you don’t burst into tears. I venture to say there will be, I am not there yet….but I have hope.
When you become a motherless daughter, you will draw on the same strength that your mom had, to get you through each day. After all, she was a fierce one….and you have that same fierceness and strength in you!
When you become a motherless daughter, you want nothing more than to un-become her, because it would mean you have you mom back
To all my fellow motherless children out there, I am praying for you. That God would hold you and comfort you. Losing a mother is the hardest thing this life has brought my way, but with God’s help I will get through this and so will you. It may not be easy and the timeline will be different for each of us…but we will because we have the same strength and fight, in us, that our momma’s had!
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