Bereavement Mother Quotes

My mom's smile is genuine,
A lilac beaming
In the presence of her Sun.

Indentions in the sand prove
Time's linear progression,

Her hair yet unblighted,
Carrying midnight's consistency.

Clear tracks fading as the
Movement slips further
In the past.

Cheekbones
High, soft,
In summer's hue,
Hopeful.

Each step's unknown impact,
A future looking back.

My father's strength:
One whose
Life is in his arms.

Squinting past the camera,
He rests upon a rock
Like caramel corn half eaten,

Just to the left
Of man-made concrete convention

Daylight's eraser
Removing color to his right.

Dustin sits
In my father's lap,
Open mouth of a drooling
Big mouth bass;

Muscle tone
Of a well exercised
Jelly fish,

He looks at me
Half aware;

His wheelchair
Perched at the edge
Of parking lot gravel grafted
Like a scar on nature's beach,

Opening to the ironic splendor
Of a bitter tasting lake.

I took the picture.

Age 11.

Capturing the pinnacle arc
Of a son
To my lilac
Who
Outlived him and weeps,

Still.

Their sky has staple holes –

Maybe that's how the
Light
Leaked out. ~ Darcy Leech

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. ~ Jane Welsh Carlyle

Sometimes I almost go hours without crying,
Then I feel if I don't, I'll go insane.
It can seem her whole life was her dying.

She tried so hard, then she tired of trying;
Now I'm tired, too, of trying to explain.
Sometimes I almost go hours without crying.

The anxiety, the rage, the denying;
Though I never blamed her for my pain,
It can seem her whole life was her dying.

And mine was struggling to save her; prying,
Conniving: it was the chemistry in her brain.
Sometimes I almost go hours without crying.

If I said she was easy, I'd be lying;
The lens between her and the world was stained:
It can seem her whole life was her dying.

But the fact, the fact, is stupefying:
Her absence tears at me like a chain.
Sometimes I almost go hours without crying.
It can seem her whole life was her dying.

- Villanelle for a Suicide's Mother ~ C.K. Williams

You have no idea how grief will take you. The same with severe illness, motherhood, any profound experience. You don't know yourself. Others don't know you. These events show who you are. And you'll be surprised, shocked even. You'll feel the way you feel when you've done a particularly offensive-smelling shit – That couldn't possibly have come out of me – and start to rationalize it – Must be that bag of pistachios I ate earlier, or perhaps I am unwell. You can't believe you could do something so foul and unrecognizable. Something so outside yourself. ~ Viv Albertine

Executive Mansion,
Washington, Nov. 21, 1864.
Dear Madam,
I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle.
I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.
I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,
A. Lincoln ~ Abraham Lincoln

He takes no pleasure in human tears. He came and wept that He might stop forever the fountain of human tears. He came and bereaved His mother that He might heal all bereavement. He came and lost everything that He might heal the wounds that we have from losing things. And He wants us to take pleasure in Him. Let us put away our doubts and trust Him. ~ A.W. Tozer

It happened in New York, April 10th, nineteen years ago. Even my hand balks at the date. I had to push to write it down, just to keep the pen moving on the paper. It used to be a perfectly ordinary day, but now it sticks up on the calendar like a rusty nail. ~ Donna Tartt

We communed together a moment, one with the other - I was deeply fascinated. At our first encounter I am sure I had a nebulous presentiment that I would one day go to it in spite of my hesitation, in spite of all the efforts put forth to hold me back, - and the emotion that overwhelmed me in the presence of the sea was not only one of fear, but I felt also an inexpressible sadness, and I seemed to feel the anguish of desolation, bereavement and exile. With downcast mien, and with hair blown about by the wind, I turned and ran home. I was in the extreme haste to be with my mother; I wished to embrace her and to cling close to her; I desired to be with her so that she might console me for the thousand indefinite, anticipated sorrows that surged through my heart at the sight of those green waters, so vast and so deep. ~ Pierre Loti

A thousand goodbyes come after death - the first six months of bereavement. ~ Allan Gregg

Sudden wealth was the great insulator, second only to sudden bereavement. ~ Joan Aiken

The few certainties in our existences are pain, death and bereavement. ~ Jane Wilson-Howarth

To lose what we have never owned might seem an eccentric bereavement, but Presumption has its own affliction as well as claim. ~ Emily Dickinson

From now on Anne saw herself as someone indelibly marked by suffering. Her letters to Sarah often ended with an allusion to her tragic history of bereavement, for she took to signing them "your poor unfortunate faithful Morley. ~ Anne Somerset

Heaven and God are best discerned through tears; scarcely perhaps are discerned at all without them. The constant association of prayer with the hour of bereavement and the scenes of death suffice to show this. ~ James Martineau

When someone is mourning, there is absolutely nothing you could say to alleviate their pain. Just sit with them, hold their hands, and be present and compassionate. ~ Anoir Ou-Chad

No man ever does that under the first fury of despair or remorse or bereavement he does it only when he has realised that even the despair or remorse or bereavement is not particularly important to the dark diceman ~ William Faulkner

You shall find it greatly mitigates the sorrow of bereavements, if before bereavement you shall have learned to surrender every day all the things which are dearest to you into the keeping of your gracious God. ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

There are words like 'orphan', 'widow' and 'widower' in all languages. But there is no word in any language to describe a parent who loses a child. How does one describe the pain of 'ultimate bereavement'! (Page 50) ~ Neena Verma

Love is love," I told her, as I tell all of my patients who are ashamed to find themselves shattered by the death of a dog. "Loss is loss. ~ Meg Donohue

And we will all go together when we go. What a comforting fact that is to know. Universal bereavement, An inspiring achievement, Yes, we will all go together when we go. ~ Tom Lehrer

When you experience bereavement at a youngish age, you suddenly realise that life is unjust and unfair, that bad things will happen, and you have to take that on board. ~ William Boyd

Horror is a feeling that cannot last long; human nature is incapable of supporting it. Sadness, whether it be from bereavement, or disappointment, or misfortune of any kind may linger on through life ~ James De Mille

Not a sorrow, not a burden, not a temptation, not a bereavement, not a disappointment, not a care, not a groan or tear, but has its antidote in God's rich and inexhaustible resources. ~ George C. Lorimer

How awful it was, thought Tessa, remembering Fats the toddler, the way tiny ghosts of your living children haunted your heart; they could never know, and would hate it if they did, how their growing was a constant bereavement. ~ J.K. Rowling

Compassion is like mother giving love to her children. Mother's ways are higher than others, even when everyone rejects, mother accepts with her arms open and wide. ~ Amit Ray

The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated. ~ Washington Irving

Good works are links that form a chain
of love Mother Theresa ~ Mother Teresa

If you ever feel distressed during your day - call upon our Lady - just say this simple prayer: 'Mary, Mother of Jesus, please be a mother to me now.' I must admit - this prayer has never failed me. ~ Mother Teresa

To every mother, do not be mother-naked. Let your mother wit mother your motherland. ~ Anyaele Sam Chiyson

Bereavement in Texas is a time to pull out your best recipes. ~ Lisa Kleypas

When Mother Teresa received the Nobel Prize, she was asked, "What can we do to promote world peace?" She answered "Go home and love your family. ~ Mother Teresa

Words provided to me-- loss, grief, sorrow, bereavement, trauma-- never seemed to be able to speak precisely of what was plaguing me. One can and must live with loss and grief and sorrow and bereavement. Together they frame this life, as solid as the ceiling and the floor and the walls and the doors. But there is something else, like a bird that flies away at the first sign of one's attention, or a cricket chirping in the dark, never settling close enough for one to tell from which corner the song comes. ~ Yiyun Li

There are confessable agonies, sufferings of which one can positively be proud. Of bereavement, of parting, of the sense of sin and the fear of death the poets have eloquently spoken. They command the world's sympathy. But there are also discreditable anguishes, no less excruciating than the others, but of which the sufferer dare not, cannot speak. The anguish of thwarted desire, for example. ~ Aldous Huxley

Intense love does not measure it just gives. ~ Mother Teresa

It's being without him that I'll never get used to. ~ Christopher Buecheler

A praying mother is more precious and valuable than all the riches in the world. ~ Violet James

Remember to view yourself and your humanness with a kind heart. ~ Elizabeth Berrien

Yes, it's quite amazing how I continue to shock my mother even after all these years together ~ Eloisa James

The seeds of life inside my womb were present at my birth; a gift from mother's mother, on back to Mother Earth. ~ Patricia Robin Woodruff

No influence is so powerful as that of the mother. ~ Sarah Josepha Hale

Remember that every son had a mother whose beloved son he was, and every woman had a mother whose beloved son she wasn't. ~ Marge Piercy

My mother was the greatest philosopher. I am nothing but a reflection of her imagination. ~ Debasish Mridha

And every day that I spend as Charlotte and Aiden's mother, I think about my own mother, my wonderful, thoughtful, hilarious mother. ~ Chelsea Clinton

I not only think that we will tamper with Mother Nature, I think Mother wants us to. ~ Willard Gaylin

Our second mother, habit, is also a good mother. ~ Berthold Auerbach

A mother isn't the person who births you; it's the person who rears you and shows you love. ~ Raquel Cepeda

All the sorrows of life are bearable if only
we can convert them into a story. ~ Isak Dinesen

If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine! I know whose love would follow me still Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine! ~ Rudyard Kipling

Embrace the pain ~ Jude Gibbs

We're all of us, always on the edge of bereavement. ~ Lisa Mannetti

Pen-bereavement is a serious matter. ~ Anne Fadiman

A mother's love is like an everlasting bed of roses, that continues to blossom. A mother's love bears strength, comfort, healing and warmth. Her beauty is compared to a sunny day that shines upon each rose petal and inspires hope. ~ Ellen J. Barrier

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. ~ Mother Teresa

He stood for a moment, bereavement a sudden, small tear in his soul. ~ Diana Gabaldon

The orchid is Mother Nature's masterpiece. ~ Robyn

For my mother's entire life, her mother was less a mother than splintered bits of shrapnel she carried around in her body, sharp, rusty debris that threatened to puncture an organ if she turned a certain way. ~ Meghan Daum

A bride who is bullied by her mother-in-law will herself become a bad mother-in-law. ~ Sin-Itiro Tomonaga

Tender as a mothers love ... And with my mother, that was certainly true. ~ Bob Ross

It takes a year, nephew ... a full turn of the calendar, to get over losing someone. ~ Annie Proulx

You never know what you have till you've lost it. ~ Alyson Noel

You don't know who is important to you until you actually lose them. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Everything my mother and father did was designed to put me where I am. ~ Henry Louis Gates

My mother has never been involved in my professional life. I am very close to my mother but we keep it on a mother-daughter basis and not a work-related basis. ~ Sheena Easton

My mother is the best storyteller. And her mother was too. ~ Marian Keyes

To lose what we never owned might seem an eccentric Bereavement but Presumption has its Affliction as actually as Claim
~ Emily Dickinson

Fame is rot; daughters are the thing. ~ James M. Barrie

I was not afraid of darkness
When I was in you. ~ Luffina Lourduraj

I don't feel quite normal if I haven't written for a while. I doubt I will ever again write anything as popular as the "Harry" books, but I can live with that thought quite easily. By the time I stop writing about Harry, I will have lived with him for 13 years, and I know it's going to feel like a bereavement. So I'll probably take some time off to grieve, and then on with the next book! ~ J.K. Rowling

The thing about smart mother fuckers is that sometimes, they sound like crazy mother fuckers to stupid mother fuckers ... ~ Robert Kirkman

And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief; ~ William Cullen Bryant

Spend at least one Mother's Day with your respective mothers before you decide on marriage. If a man gives his mother a gift certificate for a flu shot, dump him. ~ Erma Bombeck

Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons, always. ("The Higgler") ~ A.E. Coppard

Every guy has feminine qualities. You're raised by your mother and father, and so you get qualities from your mother and father. I was mostly with my mother, but I think the pictures turned out good. Whatever. ~ Justin Bieber

There is no one, after God, who loves us as much as this most loving Mother does. ~ Alphonsus Liguori

Every woman has a mother, and every woman will have an issue with that mother and things that mother did or didn't do. It just depends on how you choose to process the lessons that you learned from your own mother. ~ Kate Winslet

Even avatars have to desire to be in God in every moment. And when avatars die, they desire with all their being to be united with God. ... .. Look at Ramakrishna.
How much he wept and prayed for the Divine Mother. ~ Mother Meera

I came across Mother Goose, so I turned her loose, she was screaming. ~ Jethro Tull

My mother's mother is a very tough cookie. She buried three husbands. Two of them were just napping. ~ Rita Rudner

My mother - both my mother and father had very successful careers. My mother's an English professor and my father is a scientist and physician. They worked at the same jobs for their entire life, 50 years each ~ David Plotz

From the time I was a child I wanted to be like my mother. Not necessarily an actress - I never dreamed I'd have the courage. But an active, volatile woman like she was. ~ Isabella Rossellini

It's time to accept that I am average, and to stop making this acceptance of my averageness into a bereavement. ~ Sara Baume

Daughters of narcissistic mothers absorb the message "I am valued for what I do, rather than for who I am. ~ Karyl McBride

The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent. ~ Erich Fromm

If I don't have a mother, I'll let music be my mother. ~ Quincy Jones

I had a great mother, and I'm very comfortable with that maternal element. ~ Greg Bryk

If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it. ~ Sigmund Freud

Mother Mother Ocean, I have heard your call. ~ Jimmy Buffett

Cordelia! stay a little. Ha! What is't thou say'st? Her voice was ever soft. ~ William Shakespeare

We never truly "get over" a loss, but we can move forward and evolve from it. ~ Elizabeth Berrien

I hardly can sleep. I feel that my target now is really to save Mother Earth for humanity. And it's doable. ~ Imelda Marcos

When anyone plays a mother on film, there is a whole raft of judgment in that a mother is a particular archetype or that every mother is the same. That's complete rubbish. ~ Cate Blanchett

Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place. ~ Sarah Dessen

Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. ~ Rumi

Then take me on your knee, mother; And listen, mother of mine. A hundred fairies danced last night, And the harpers they were nine. ~ Mary Howitt

The world's beginning is its mother. To have found the mother is also to know the children. Although you know the children, cling to the mother. Until your last day you will not be harmed. ~ Laozi

Mother Nature is a pretty good bioterrorist. ~ Jonathan Tucker

Mother Earth allows us to live and to walk on her surface, not the other way around. ~ Lawren Leo

I'm against the partial-birth abortion, but you've got to have an exception for the life of the mother and the health of the mother under the strictest test of bodily injury to the mother. ~ John F. Kerry

In silence, the consciousness grows. It aspires to know You more and more perfectly.

More Answers From The Mother, vol 17, p.380 ~ The Mother

Necessity is the mother of invention but boredom is the mother of doing bafflingly stupid shit. ~ Jenny Lawson