They Knew Her Too, Yet I Remember her Alone

There are people alive who remember your mother, and still, you have no one to remember her with.

They may have disappeared after the funeral. The relationship may no longer feel safe. So you carry the funny stories alone and wonder what moments of her are still living inside people you can no longer reach.

I know this ache. It is one reason this page exists.

If you have no one to exchange her memories with, bring them here. Tell us the phrase she always used, the thing she did that still makes you laugh, or a story you never want forgotten.

Her stories do not have to end because those relationships did. We will remember her with you.

© Kinyatta E. Gray | Founder, Honoring Miss Bee
Originally written and shared as part of the Honoring Miss Bee Mother Loss Reflections.