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| Remembering Mom: how do you mark your mother's memory? | Remembering Mom: how do you mark your mother's memory? |
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| Mother's Day is a time for appreciating our mothers: sending flowers and chocolates, making long-distance phone calls, sharing a meal together. But for those whose mothers have died, it's often a day of remembrance. | Mother's Day is a time for appreciating our mothers: sending flowers and chocolates, making long-distance phone calls, sharing a meal together. But for those whose mothers have died, it's often a day of remembrance. |
| Journalist and author Jeryl Brunner wrote about how she, a "motherless daughter", gets through Mother's Day in the Huffington Post: | Journalist and author Jeryl Brunner wrote about how she, a "motherless daughter", gets through Mother's Day in the Huffington Post: |
| I return to the spots in Central Park in New York City where we spent her last one. I try to eat her favorite mocha almond fudge ice cream. I follow the footsteps of our walks and I conjure all I loved about her: her velvety-smooth voice, the way she laughed with every last inch of her body. I imagine what she would love to do most, and then I combine the day with things I adore (theater, dancing). Last Mother's Day, I had a picnic with friends (one who had also lost her mother), in Central Park. We swapped photos, stories and treasured mementos. | I return to the spots in Central Park in New York City where we spent her last one. I try to eat her favorite mocha almond fudge ice cream. I follow the footsteps of our walks and I conjure all I loved about her: her velvety-smooth voice, the way she laughed with every last inch of her body. I imagine what she would love to do most, and then I combine the day with things I adore (theater, dancing). Last Mother's Day, I had a picnic with friends (one who had also lost her mother), in Central Park. We swapped photos, stories and treasured mementos. |
| In the lead-up to this year's Mother's Day in the US, we're exploring the ways we remember our mothers. And we want to hear from people whose mothers are no longer with us. | In the lead-up to this year's Mother's Day in the US, we're exploring the ways we remember our mothers. And we want to hear from people whose mothers are no longer with us. |
| Tell us: | Tell us: |
| What reminds you of your mother? A favorite saying? A meal she loved? A song? A trademark outfit? A part of the world? Share how you remember her or celebrate her. Responses will be published on the Guardian in a Mother's Day special feature. | What reminds you of your mother? A favorite saying? A meal she loved? A song? A trademark outfit? A part of the world? Share how you remember her or celebrate her. Responses will be published on the Guardian in a Mother's Day special feature. |
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