Reply #43: You're in my thoughts, Bobbolink

[Withywindle]

I am so, so sorry for your terrible loss.

I've learned a lot from talking with people on this board. I don't wish people I don't know well a "Happy Mother's Day" anymore, because I've learned to empathize with this being a difficult and painful time, for many people for many reasons. I don't know what a stranger's sorrows might be and it's presumptuous and can really hurt someone.

I think as a society we are deeply uncomfortable with deep grieving and trauma. People want to distance themselves out of a fear that it's "contagious" somehow, or that they want desperately to believe it couldn't happen to them. So it leads to people being callous to those who suffer so terribly. It's not right. It needs to be made better.

I wish peace and comfort to everyone who's in mourning on Mother's Day and every day. :hug: