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The Book of Mourning

by The Mourning Mom

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August 08, 2016

Today

Life keeps moving forward hours, days, weeks and even months all the gatherings are over everyone has said their goodbyes sent their condolences and yet I’m still the mother of a dead child my da...


June 23, 2016

Jewelry for Cremains

So as I’m sure many of you know, they sell necklaces and other jewelry that hold a small amount of your loved ones cremains. I have ordered on for my other daughters and my son plus anyone else ...


June 17, 2016

Celebration of Life

I have decided to have my daughters Celebration of Life in August. While it might seem like a long time from when she passed away, I’m doing it so we can actually celebrate her life rather than ...


June 15, 2016

Obituary

I wrote my daughters obituary today. It seems crazy to me that I condensed 25 years of vibrant life into about 4 paragraphs…but I did. Her ashes should be delivered on Friday and then I will st...


June 10, 2016

Confusing Times

My heart and my head seem to be in some colossal war. My head tells me that I will survive this, in reality I know I will....but my heart is screaming in my chest. Screaming that this can’t be ...


June 10, 2016

Grief

Recently I’ve learned a few things about grief....maybe I should say the grieving process. It’s a strange and confusing thing that, as with most things in life, is very fickle. Depending on what ...


Book Description

noun: mourning
the expression of deep sorrow for someone who has died, typically involving following certain conventions such as wearing black clothes.
“she’s still in mourning after the death of her daughter”
synonyms: grief, grieving, sorrowing, lamentation, lament, keening, wailing, weeping
“a period of mourning”
•black clothes worn as an expression of grief when someone dies.
synonyms: black (clothes), (widow’s) weeds; archaicsables
“she was dressed in mourning”