SUPERJOSH founder Dawn Fidler brings you her latest blog.
Mother's Day. A day of celebrating every kind of mum you can ever imagine, including those, like me, who have lost a child.
As the days go on and the years pass, you learn to make it through the hours, but not on Mother’s Day.
It's everywhere around you, commercial hype, but the fact is your child has gone and it is literally smack, bang in your face.
Friends tell me they find it hard to approach me, they don’t want to upset me or make it harder than it already is.
This got me thinking about other people who may feel the same. Acknowledgement alone is one of the greatest Mother's Day gifts you could ever give me, and appreciation that I am a mother.
One of many things I've learnt on my journey with Josh is that I am not on my own.
Sadly, there are so many other mums, just like me out there, but we are constantly surrounded by love, support and joy.
Greif itself is a journey and never leaves, but neither has Josh.
I will always be a mother, and I will always have a son.
I will always welcome Mother’s Day and celebrate the fact I had 14 years with my beautiful, brave and amazing boy.
To all mums, step mums, foster/adopted mums and dads who are mums . . . happy Mother's Day x You can donate to The Joshua Wilson Brain Tumour Charity by simply texting SJBT13 followed by £1, £2, £5 or £10 to 70070
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