Loss of a Mother
Tributes to Mothers

Are you dealing with the loss of a mother? This is the place for you. Although I am sorry for your loss and often wish death wasn’t a part of life, here you will find tributes written by others who have experienced the loss of a mother.

Everyone lives with sorrow in different ways. Some find they have a multitude of grief emotions to work with. Our grief over a loved ones death is as varied as our relationships with our living relatives and friends. If you are struggling to understand your grief, you may find information on the Stages of Grief page or the Trauma Awareness and Healing page.

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Others find it helpful to make memory books to keep the memories and stories alive. This is helpful both for your own healing and also for the younger generation learn about their roots. If you are creating a memory book, you can use the tribute form below to ask friends and family to contribute stories for the book. Simply create your own tribute. Then email the link or post it to Facebook asking people to post stories in the comments form. Then you will have a lot of stories in one place to start your memory book.

You can also join Memory-Of.com, the worlds largest community of online memorials

to create a comprehensive online memorial. They will allow you to post video, music and many photos and stories. By far the most wonderful feature of "Memory Of" is the ability to easily turn the memorial site into a memory book.

Loss of Mother Tributes:

Below is a form for you to use to create a tribute to the memory of your mother. Or read other readers tributes and add comments to those with which you resonate.

Looking for Ideas for Tributes for Mothers?

One of the best tributes I have listened to was written by my uncle at the death of his dad, my grandfather. My grandfather was a farmer and my uncle used the working of the soil, planting, harvesting, and feeding of livestock as metaphors for how my grandfather related to people in life. Metaphors create beautiful pictures with words and help people understand something in a deeper way. So consider using a metaphor as part of your tribute to your mother.

  • Read the tributes of others.
  • Reflect on some of the things your mom taught you as a child and how she raised you.
  • Think about the best times you had with your mom.
  • Tell about the example your mom set for you in adult life.
  • Write what your learned from your mom about relating to people and family.
  • Write a letter to your mom about the things you would love to say to her if she were still here with you

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Do you have special memories or stories you would like to share with us?

What Other Visitors Have Said

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I wish I could have died with you... 
You lived almost a century and I had you for 60 years. I consider myself lucky for having you as long as I did. With you gone I feel like my life is …

KOI THAI SIOW 19/5/43 - 5/7/18  
I love you mama, words could never enough to describe how much I miss you. I keep myself occupied as much as I could in order to skip a moments to remind …

Virginia Jenkins 1/12/1929- 8/11/2017 
My Mother My mother died today She breathed out the life that she had lived and rested in the stillness The heartbeat that had laid alongside mine …

I love you Ma and miss you 2/6/29 - 2/12/17 
I love you Ma. I will always miss you. I think about you so much. I know you are with Dad now and can walk and dance. There is no more of that wheelchair, …

Our Mother Kristy Ann Smith 
Not a day goes by that you are not miss. I thought it might get easier as time went by, but it doesn't. I don't know how to come to terms with reality …

I miss my beloved mother 
Oh mommie how I miss you. The awful anguish and grief I have is unlike anything I have ever experienced. No words can express my grief of losing you from …

My Beautiful Soul 
Mabel Ruth Francis 8-12-1954 to 7-2-2016. Dear Mommy, I love you with everything I am. When you left this world on that Saturday Morning, I not …

Missing my Best Friend  
My mother died of terminal cancer on July 12,2015, and I have been terribly heartsick ever since. I was not with her when she passed away but every day …

Beverly Mae Bundy 
One of the most wonderful memories I can think of at this moment of my Mother is the day my oldest son Austin Joseph Keene was born. There were complication …

Charmaine Waldron 1962-2010 Wonderful Mother 
My mother was the only person i could depend on whenever i had a bad day.She was always do her best and beyond to make laugh and taught me powerful lessons. …

Best Mother ever 
I was blessed to have the most wonderful Mother ever! She was the kindest most loving and giving person. I wonder how I can go on in this life without …

Happy Birthday Mom Your Spirit Lives Within Me 
Tribute To Joyce Cole July 26, 1927-April 10, 2013 This is the second birthday since you've passed mom and I miss you more than ever. However, …

My Amazing Mom 
I still can't believe you are gone. We went from pneumonia to cancer to gone in one short month. And the only thing you worried about was us. You worried …

Mothers love. 
Until I sat watching you in that hospital bed and I don't think until that moment what love and respect really really did mean....I can't say I miss …

Our beloved Darlene Morris 
It was just yesterday u was making me wear all thm Barrett's n me cumin to ur every need !!I miss the days we had family day n all ur children wud hav …

"You" 
Since you died it seems as if my life isn't for here. Since you died my world isn't the same. Since you died I can't go a whole day without you sleeping. …

Most amazing mother - Parvathy Sivaraman 
Feb-1-1928 to Jul-16-2012 Gone but not forgotten You are remembered everyday of our lives. You are remembered for your positive attitude. You are …

Tribute to a True Mother - Susannah Akinyeye 
Real mother is the one that truly loves her children, who can do anything for her children. Exemplary mother, industrious mother, loving and generous mother. …

june thompson my mum 
To day my mum went to heaven I wish she did not go my life has changed with out her but the pain will all ways stay until the day I see her in heaven and …

A Tribute To Our Mom - Mrs Angelean Young 
Gone,but never forgotten, our dear mother departed this world on Thursday, 2/7/2013 after fighting a courageous battle with congestive heart failure. …

Deborah Ann Hackett, beloved mother and grandmother 
If roses grew in heaven,lord please place a dozen roses in my mothers arms and tell her there from me..You were my security blanket against the world and …

mom, virginia wangler 
I love you mom. I wish i could turn back time. talk with you only if it's five minutes. just to tell you I love you so very much. I am so very sorry. love …

What Makes you a Mom!  
My Tribute to my Mother ...First and Foremost, my mothers Beautiful, Supportive, loving and tough lady personality have been missed for over a dozen years! …

gone so soon 
Dear Mommy was an incredible person, everything you could hope for in a Mom, wife, aunt, grandma,inlaw, friend and so on. She gave more love than I ever …

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Tribute to my late mother ! 
Mother u were the truest, dearest, more tham a mother to me. i called u friend,sister,cousin and also dad when i lost dad. you stood alone for 20 years …

To heaven with Love 
Its been a year Mom and every waking day you a the first thought on my mind and the last when I lay my head down to sleep. The pain never stops until we …

my mother is a special gift from GOD to us 
My special mom, MADAM ROSINA ABLAH KEH,of HO V/R GHANA died last 31/03/2012 at dawn,when my sisters visited her at hospital,just after a short illness. …

A tribute to NENE  
Mom I'm writing this tribute sooner than I expected, you were such a blessing to me. You were one of the most amazing people I have ever met and will probably …

Michael Andrew Pastorius son of Georgia Carlson 
Mom, There is not a day that goes by that I miss you dearly, and wish that you were here. Maybe everything was not perfect, but, you only have one Mother, …

Maa, you will always be in our thoughts..... 
Maa, You were a gem, a woman of virtue, a blessing, always at peace with yourself and with others around you. You taught us the value of hard work …

The love of my mother  
Through this journey, I have discovered the true meaning of unconditional love. My heart is so joyful to know the I have a mother who put the needs of …

Patricia Grace Porter 
If roses grew in Heaven, Lord, pick them and put them in my Momma's arms and tell her they're from me. Tell her that I love and miss her, and when she …

Agnes Mukai Wambua 
Mum, you were a gem, a woman of virtue, a blessing, always at peace with yourself and with others around you. You taught us the value of hard work, the …

every bodies bigmoma 
that's who you were,,but you was my mother and a very strong person...very godly person...god needed his angel to sing in his heavnly choir,,so he called …

MRS. ZURADIA SPENCER WORRELL 
Mrs. Zuradia Spencer Worrell. Some called her Ms. Zu-ra-da. Some called her Sister Worrell. Many called her "Zate". Others called her "Sis- Wuz". …

Lois Anne McAllister, 4-7-1948 to 8-25-2000 
Dear Mom, I can not believe you have been gone so long, and yet if feels like I was talking with you about my day, as if it was a minute ago. Our 31 years …

Mom - 11/04/27 to 04/28/10 
A Very Special Tribute to a Very Special Mom Author: unknown If there is happiness in my heart, it's because you helped put it …

Cecelia Questard 
Mom you were my security blanket against the rest of the world. No matter what I did you loved me. Your home was always my home. Not only were you my …

Melanie Yvonne Jean-Jacques (January 5, 1933 - April 10, 2009) 
A mother's love must always find something to do for its beloved child. As long as a mother can take care of, caress, or comfort then she is capable of …

Mary Paulette Houser 
Mom- ( march 19. 1948- Feb 02, 2010) You were gone so suddenly from our lives, who knew on Jan 20, 2010 when we took you for your heart cath that you …

Ruby A Moore 
To speak of my mom she was all smiles. Never complaining of any issues. She holds the key to my heart and I felt she was saying to me a few day after …

The Greatest Mother in the Universe CATHERINE WATSON WHITE 
Moma I miss you so much. I wake up every morning crying because I never thought the day you entered the hospital 12-2-10, would be the begining of the …

Zully Rodriguez 
My Mom was everything to me. I only wish I had appreciated her more when she was alive. It was only when she got really ill that I took advantage of …

Shirley Ann Flippen-Bachmann 1943-2009 
August 4, 1943 - July 24, 2009 Mom it has been one year since you became an "Angel" in heaven. I just want you to know that you were my Angel on earth. …

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