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Today\'s episode is a solo episode and its a Mother\'s Day episode as Mother\'s Day is this upcoming Sunday, May 13, 2018.\\xa0 I share the letter I wrote in a recent blog post to Grieving Mothers and Sisters in Loss for Mother\'s Day.\\xa0 In this episode I am also recapping my weekend spent in NYC keynoting with a short clip of my keynote, and how it was meeting some of my listeners, and podcast guests in person.\\xa0 I also talk about my first Mother\'s Day experience after my loss and the importance of sisterhood in this episode.

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To my Sisters in Loss and Grieving Mothers on Mother\\u2019s Day,

I know you wish this day did not exist.\\xa0 You have lost your precious child, and your arms ache to hold them.\\xa0 Of all the days you especially want them on Mother\\u2019s Day.\\xa0 You want to celebrate that they did exist.\\xa0 You want to bask in how much they have grown up and not recall who they were.\\xa0 You want to see your baby alive and whole and want to smell that was only theirs.\\xa0 I know.\\xa0 I understand.\\xa0 I get it.\\xa0 You don\\u2019t want the flowers, gifts, or \\u201cHappy Mother\\u2019s Day\\u201d messages.\\xa0 You want your baby to be in your arms and say \\u201chey mom, I love you.\\u201d

There is not greater sorrow on earth than losing a child.\\xa0 I know your heart aches and your arms are empty.\\xa0 I know how difficult it is to see the social media posts of \\u201cHappy Mother\\u2019s Day.\\u201d\\xa0 I even understand why you might avoid public Mother\\u2019s Day celebrations, and instead stay home or even visit the cemetery to see your baby because no one speaks of anymore.\\xa0 On Sunday, Sister in Loss, I want you to celebrate your baby no matter how long they were here.\\xa0 If you gave them a name or even it you did not say their name bravely, boldly, and proud today.

Sister in Loss, you are courageous because you have survived the unimaginable and managed to crawl out of bed yet again today.\\xa0 You are phenomenal.\\xa0 You are spectacular.\\xa0 You are resilient.\\xa0 You are a mother and will always be their mom.

For those Sisters in Loss who mother surviving children, hug them and love on them extra tight and continue to pray with God to keep them safe, happy, healthy, and blessed.

On Sunday, do what you need to do.\\xa0 If going to church, going out to brunch, crying hard, staying home, or being around family and friends will make the day better.\\xa0 Do it all.\\xa0 Today is your Mother\\u2019s Day.\\xa0

You are amazing!\\xa0 You are brave!\\xa0 You are beautiful!\\xa0 You are loved!\\xa0 You are blessed!\\xa0 You are a Mom.\\xa0

Happy Mother\\u2019s Day Sister in Loss!

Love,
~Your Sister in Loss and Grieving Mother, Erica

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