My Mother’s Reflection

Written By Guest Blogger- Amber Marie Hoonhorst I think of her as soon as I wake up, those groggy daze before my first sip of coffee. It is her ghost inside me, feeding her addictions from beyond the grave. The way I do my hair and make-up mimics my earliest memories of her. There was...

A Letter To The Fatherless On Father’s Day

For more great blogs visit Motherless Daughters! Although it was my 48-year-old mother who I lost just two years ago when I was 24, I felt compelled to write a letter to the “fatherless” on Father’s Day just as I did with my letter to the motherless on Mother's Day. I believe that the loss of a parent...

Read This If Mother’s Day Is Hard For You

Written By: Colleen George Usually on Mother’s Day I scroll through my Facebook and Instagram reels, flooded with photo after photo of my friends smiling brightly back at me with their moms. The little captions catch my eye; “my ride or die” “‘my number one,” “my best friend”…with plenty of variations. Sometimes I find myself reading...

8 Lessons I Learned After Losing My Mother

For more great blogs visit Motherless Daughters! My mother was just 48 when I lost her. I was 24. In a way we knew that it was coming. She had stage four lung cancer and it was only a matter of time until I would have to face the heart breaking reality of losing her...

Another “Motherless” Mother’s Day

For more great blogs visit Motherless Daughters! Isn’t it strange how fast time flies?  Isn’t it even more strange how fast time flies when the person we loved the most in this world is no longer here with us? I can remember it as if it were yesterday, May 12th, 2013- only a few short...

Read This When You Miss Your Mom

“Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.”  ― Mitch...

Losing My Mother, Finding Myself

For more great blogs check out Motherless Daughters! There truly is no other love in this world like the love of the mother. And man, the love I received from my mother was truly incredible. She taught me so much, she taught me everything. How to love, how to care, how to feel, how to...

If Someone Wants To Leave, You’ve Got To Let Them Go.

“There ain't no way you can hold onto something that wants to go, you understand? You can only love what you got while you got it.” If someone wants to leave your life, you've got to let them go. You shouldn't have to convince them to stay, nor should you want to. We spend our whole lives building relationships...

It sucks. It is sad, it is lonely, it is heart breaking, it is life changing, it is painful, it is tragic, it is pathetic, it is devastating, it is depressing…it is just so damn bad. You feel as if your life will never go on. There is a void that can never be filled...

Dear Cancer, I Hate You.

Dear Cancer, I hate you. you suck. You’re terrible. You are the true definition of a heart breaker. You single handedly ruined my entire life in the matter of 10 short months. You took away my best friend, the only person in this world who will ever love me unconditionally, my mother. And you took her in...