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mother's day

Mothers. It’s Complicated.

May 14, 2018 by Staci Sulin Leave a Comment

Mothers.  It’s complicated. Being a mother.  Having a mother.  Not having a mother. It’s all complicated. The truth is Mother’s Day can be a lousy day a lot for some people for various and unique reasons. Not everyone has a mother on earth. Some have a mother who is alive, but absent from them. Some are truant by choice; others are not present…

Filed Under: Widowed Parenting Tagged With: motherhood, mothering, mother's day, mom, StaciSulin

How-to: Mother’s Day

May 8, 2018 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

As Mother’s Day approaches, I always tend to think of Megan a bit more.  Many everyday things become somehow intertwined with a memory or anecdote about her, simply because she was Shelby’s mother.  Even mowing the lawn brings thoughts about the fact that she had to close all of the windows in the house due to the smell of fresh cut grass…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Memories, Widowed by Illness, Miscellaneous Tagged With: growing up, perspective, mother's day, widower, memories, Long Term Illness, Mike Welker, widower with children

Motherless Day

May 10, 2016 by Mike Welker Leave a Comment

My mother, daughter, and girlfriend have all lost their own mothers at a young age, all to different illnesses.  Each of their moms had to stare their own mortality square in the eye, and hope for the best for their daughters.  They did everything they could to love and protect their little ones in the time they had, but ultimately, they had no…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed Emotions, Widowed by Illness Tagged With: widower with children, loss, parenting, mother's day, widower, anxiety, Long Term Illness

The Accidental Mother, Part 2

May 8, 2016 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I have the ironic honor of always writing on Mother’s Day, being the Sunday writer here at Widow’s Voice. Ironic because it always forces me to evaluate my feelings about a holiday I have mostly chosen not to celebrate since my own mother died when I was young. I hate this day, or at least, I mostly always have. But this post isn’t about that.

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Parenting, Widowed and Healing, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: grief, celebrating, discoveries, new life, unexpected, mothering, mother's day, accidental mother, widow, ways we mother, sarah treanor, loss

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