The Compassionate Friends/Camden County NJ Chapter

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Shine Their Light Walk This day of remembrance focuses on the impact of murder on families, and communities, and ways to support and serve survivors.

Wishing peace to bereaved mothers everywhere on this Mother’s Day 2021.

We need not walk alone. We are The Compassionate Friends.

Excerpts are borrowed from a beautiful and heartfelt letter, written by one bereaved mother to another in 2017. To read the full letter, please follow the link provided.

A Letter To A Grieving Mom On Mother's Day

I want you to know that you are not alone. Through your grief and pain and loss you have joined the club that no one wants to be a part of. But the most astonishing thing is that this club is made up of some of the most powerful, compassionate, and inspiring women.
By Emma Hansen
Mama to two, Writer, Navigating life after child loss 05/12/2017

With deep love comes deep loss but not even death can strip away the love a mother has for her child.

Sweet mama, I want you to know that though there is this whole community of others who are seeing this day through the same lens as you, what nourishes your heart might be different. Just as you mothered your child in life, you will continue to mother them in death. And only you know what's best. However, we all share this one thing: we love our babies unconditionally. With deep love comes deep loss but not even death can strip away the love a mother has for her child. And it's not the length of that life or the cards you receive from them that determine your claim on motherhood. It's the love that you give them every single day.

So to you I say this: Happy Mother's Day. Because you should be honoured, recognized, celebrated, and supported on this day too. Because you can feel both the joy and sorrow in it at the same time. Because you are still a mother. And you always will be.

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/emma-hansen/grieving-mothers-day_b_16581476.html

A Letter To A Grieving Mom On Mother's Day I want you to know that you are not alone. Through your grief and pain and loss you have joined the club that no one wants to be a part of. But the most...