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Bereaved Mother's Day

May 4, 11am-12:15pm Pacific

Bereaved Mother's Day is part of our monthly series in 2025 called Grief Conversations.

A Sacred Space for Your Broken-Open Heart

Are you missing a child who has died? A mother who is gone?

In a culture that rushes toward celebration and away from sorrow, Mother's Day can leave you feeling isolated and out-of-step with the world around you. The cards in store aisles, the restaurant advertisements, the social media posts—all can become painful reminders of what is missing.

You are not alone in this experience. Being in community with others who understand the wild landscape of loss can be a potent balm for our hearts, and a beckoning into a wider space of love.

Perhaps you find the sentimentality and commercialism of the holiday annoying at best, even infuriating. Perhaps you wonder if you're "doing grief wrong" by still feeling this way after so much time.

Come take refuge with us. We are preparing a safe and nourishing space for your broken-open heart on this Bereaved Mother's Day.

This Gathering Is For You If You Are:

Missing a child who has died (or is estranged)
Missing a mother who has died (or is estranged)
Feeling alienated as others celebrate Mother's Day
Sensing that you are somehow wrong for being sad during this time
Wondering if you'll ever "get over" your loss

Through Our Time Together, You Will:

Feel closer to your loved ones who have died
Experience and embrace grief as a spiritual path
Generate ideas to transform your personal story of loss into writing
Integrate your shattering loss into the full tapestry of your life
Encounter writers who have woven meaning from their own losses

Questions We'll Explore:

What if, instead of trying to move beyond your grief, you embrace it as a testament to your love?

How can reading about others' experience of losing a child or a mother soothe your heart and infuse your own loss with meaning?

What is the connection between grief and artistic expression?

Suggested Donation $25-35

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A recording is available to all who register until June 4th.

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