For Everyone Mother's Day Doesn't Fit Neatly Around

Mother's Day is beautiful for many.

And quietly painful for just as many more.

For the ones who are missing someone. For the ones still waiting. For the ones who loved and lost. For the ones who nurture without a title. For the ones whose relationship with this day is complicated.

You don't have to explain it.

Motherhood is not one story

It is the woman who carried a baby the world never met. The woman whose arms stayed empty after years of hoping. The woman who showed up for someone else's child like they were her own. The woman missing a mother she lost. The woman grieving a mother she never really had.

All of it counts. All of it is real.

However tomorrow finds you

You are allowed to feel exactly what you feel. No performance required. No explanation owed.

I am one among you.

Which is why I know — sometimes the most important thing is just knowing you are not alone in it.

If tomorrow is heavy — be gentle with yourself.

That is enough. 🤍

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Madhuri Govindu, Licensed Professional Counselor — Grief · Trauma · Burnout