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Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.

But I still always felt the absence of a mother.

There's nothing that symbolizes loss or grief more than a mother losing a child.

I'm part of the tribe who have said goodbye to one parent and are feeling a sense of responsibility for the one who remains - in my case, my mother. How do I make her time smoother, happier? How do I try to ease her, a widow, away from the dark well of grief without dishonoring the necessity of that grief?

During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child.

There's no real substitute for the care of the real mother.

Obviously, I'm suffering from lack of sleep, but it truly is a blessing to be a mother.

It's unfathomable how you live without your mother.

I miss my mother very, very much.