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Tariro’s Story

Published by Tariro Mawoza

My mum was 35-years-old when she died and I was nine turning 10. She’d been sick for a little while but I didn’t know what the problem was. She’d...

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28th February 2018
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Tariro’s Story

Published by Tariro Mawoza

My mum was 35-years-old when she died and I was nine turning 10. She’d been sick for a little while but I didn’t know what the problem was. She’d...

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28th February 2018
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Cheryl’s Story

Published by Cheryl Strong

My mother was truly beautiful, inside and out. She was an only child and always wanted a large family. She was softly spoken, patient, loving, supportive, always there for...

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30th July 2017
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Sofia’s Story

Published by Sofia Abasolo

When I was pregnant with my first child I was determined not to get any help from my family. I am used to doing things on my own. My...

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25th June 2017
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Amanda’s Story

Published by Amanda Wright

My mum died when I was four years old. It was a month before my fifth birthday and I have just recently found out from a family friend that...

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2nd May 2017
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Helen’s Story

Published by Helen Gonzalez

It’s difficult to remember us as a family unit that actually included my mum fully as she died when I was seven-years-old so my memories that include her in...

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24th April 2017
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Rebecca’s Story

Published by Rebecca Rule

I lost my mum on 21st December 1995. I was 8-years-old, and my sister was 5. I hate that term, lost. I didn’t lose her. She was ripped from...

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19th April 2017
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Hannah’s Story

Published by Hannah Margrett

When I read some of the other stories on this site, I know that I am lucky. My Mum was able to be a grandmother for two years and...

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20th March 2017
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Penny’s Story

Published by Penny Wincer

In 2000, after 12 years of severe depression my mother Chrissy committed suicide. The night I heard she died I lay in my bed, hair still wet from the...

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13th March 2017
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"She was a good listener, she was funny and she had that inimitable knack of making everyone feel like they were special. That, along with cheekbones to die for, is something that I hope my daughter inherits from ‘Sky Granny’, as we now call her."

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28th February 2018

Tariro’s Story

My mum was 35-years-old when she died and I was nine turning 10. She’d been sick for a little...

by Tariro Mawoza
comments 8
motherhood without a mum
30th July 2017

Cheryl’s Story

My mother was truly beautiful, inside and out. She was an only child and always wanted a large family....

by Cheryl Strong
motherhood without a mum
25th June 2017

Sofia’s Story

When I was pregnant with my first child I was determined not to get any help from my family....

by Sofia Abasolo
2nd May 2017

Amanda’s Story

My mum died when I was four years old. It was a month before my fifth birthday and I...

by Amanda Wright
24th April 2017

Helen’s Story

It’s difficult to remember us as a family unit that actually included my mum fully as she died when...

by Helen Gonzalez
19th April 2017

Rebecca’s Story

I lost my mum on 21st December 1995. I was 8-years-old, and my sister was 5. I hate that...

by Rebecca Rule
20th March 2017

Hannah’s Story

When I read some of the other stories on this site, I know that I am lucky. My Mum...

by Hannah Margrett
13th March 2017

Penny’s Story

In 2000, after 12 years of severe depression my mother Chrissy committed suicide. The night I heard she died...

by Penny Wincer
20th February 2017

Helena’s Story

I remember the exact time and place when my world fell apart – I was 16 in a car...

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It’s tempting to start this by saying I had been grieving the loss of my mum for most of...

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The year of birth and death: that is what I call the year I lost my mom. I gave...

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Those of you lucky enough to parent a threenager won’t be surprised to learn that yesterday my daughter made...

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I first heard the term motherless mother when another Mum casually mentioned it to me at a party one day....

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Lily’s Story

Finding love, becoming a mum and having a family of my own, these were things I’d wanted for as...

by Lily Guiterrez
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Katie’s Story

I still remember the day I found out I was pregnant with my first (now 5 1/2). My partner...

by Katie Nixon
20th July 2016

Emma’s Story

It is now over 13 years since my mum died, and I write this just over a week from...

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The phone rang, I was nicely merry in a Summer haze of sunshine and cider after a day picnicking...

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My mum was the kind of mother that everyone wanted. She was immense fun and our house was filled...

by Georgina Fuller
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Charlotte’s Story

What no one ever told me about grief was that no matter how much time passed, no matter how...

by Charlotte Rivers

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