Happy Mother’s Day to all and especially To the mothers newly mourning a child, I see you. I see how you linger at the cemetery, pressing your heart into the grass— trying to get as close as you can to the child your arms can no longer hold. I see how you tend their resting place with the same care you once gave to brushing their hair, choosing outfits, soothing fears. How you nurture the flowers at their grave with the same fierce devotion you once poured into their growing body. I did all those things too. And then, slowly, I needed the cemetery a little less. I began to feel my child everywhere— in the rhythm of the waves, in the bloom of wildflowers, in the strength of trees, in the golden warmth of sunlight, in the quiet hush of the clouds, and in the precious moments of witnessing joy. One day, your grief will soften. It won’t disappear—but it will become the marrow in your bones, the rhythm in your breath, the love you carry, always. (fb)

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