For the Ones Missing Mom This Mother’s Day 💜

Mother’s Day can be beautiful for some… and deeply painful for others.

For many people, this weekend is not filled with flowers, brunch reservations, or celebration. It is filled with silence, memories, tears, empty chairs, and moments where grief shows up without warning.

I understand that feeling personally.

Losing a mother changes you. It changes the way holidays feel. It changes the way home feels. It changes the way you move through the world.

Last year, I was still crying, kicking, and screaming through my grief. The pain felt loud. Heavy. Unavoidable.

This year feels different.

Not because the loss hurts less, but because grief changes form over time. Personally, I feel more relaxed and calm. I know I still have a long way to go, but healing is a process. You have to crawl before you walk.

This Mother’s Day, I do not feel the need to force myself to be okay. I simply want to sit still. To breathe. To reflect. To honor my mother quietly while allowing myself grace through every emotion that comes.

And maybe someone else needs permission to do the same.

You do not have to perform healing for anyone.You do not have to rush your grief.You do not have to explain your silence.

Sometimes healing looks like surviving the day.Sometimes it looks like tears.And sometimes healing looks like finally sitting still after spending so long emotionally fighting to stay afloat.

At Saffold Mobile Wellness & Outreach Foundation, we believe wellness includes emotional wellness too. Mental health matters. Grief support matters. Community matters. And sometimes the most powerful thing we can do is remind people that they do not have to suffer in silence.

So this weekend, we honor:

• the mothers who are no longer physically here,

• the daughters and sons learning to navigate life without them,

• the women grieving silently while still showing up for others,

• and the families carrying both love and loss at the same time.

To anyone missing their mother this Mother’s Day:

May you feel her love in the memories.May you give yourself grace while healing.And may you know there is no “right way” to grieve.

With love,

Alisha Saffold 💜