International Bereaved Mothers Day was created to remind people about the true meaning of Mother’s Day. Do you know who started it? Anna Jarvis officially founded the traditional Mother’s Day to honour her mother Ann who experienced the death of 7 of her children and somehow through the years it has turned into a commercialized mess that card companies make millions of dollars from, but the worst thing is that bereaved mothers are completely forgotten. This day was created in honour of a bereaved mother. So I think it is time to take our day back to its roots. I believe we can do this by using our voices in a peaceful, loving way. To receive love, you must first give love.
The traditional Mothers Day has proven to be an emotionally difficult day for so many mothers around the world. Mother’s Day needs to be healed and together we can heal it. Internation Bereaved Mother’s Day is a temporary movement. We take part in this day to use our voices to speak up and about what the true meaning of Mother’s Day. It is our greatest hope that sometime in the near future all mothers will be remembered and recognised and there will be no need for this day at all.
So what makes a mother? The Bumps Along The Way have answered that question in the most beautiful way. Please check out their video clip below.
On this day each year we come together to celebrate our connection, our mother hearts and our babies and children.
Sunday May 5th 2013, get together with your closest friends and family who understand and celebrate you. Celebrate your mother hearts, babies and children. And lets speak about the true meaning of Mother’s Day.
Visit our facebook page to join the community of bereaved mothers who are working with each other to heal Mother’s Day.
To help raise awareness for this beautiful project take some flowers from the flower gallery below. Post them as your profile image on your favourite social network. Post them on your friends walls on facebook and let them know they are beautiful mothers. Please feel welcome to use the images on your blogs or websites.
We become mothers the very moment that we open our hearts to the decision of conceiving a child.
Wishing you all love and blessings for our Mothers Day.
With light,
Carly Marie
“A mother is not defined by the number of children you can see, but by the love that she holds in her heart.”
- Franchesca Cox
Beautiful as always!
This is so touching, thank you so much! We definitely do deserve to be recognized as mother’s, although our arms are empty.
Thank you again, simply amazing.
hermosas flores gracias ! los sigo desde argentina!!!!
What a BEAUTIFUL site. The images make me feel happy and are very inspiring. i think Bereaved Mothers Day is a GREAT idea and i’m actually looking forwards to celebrating the life i carried for only a few short weeks. Thankyou soooo much! x
i’ve started an events page on facebook for this wonderful wonderful day. please feel free to join it’s under the name International Bereaved Mothers Day with one of the wonderfully gorgeous flowers as the picture. Please pass this page to others who are in the same boat x
Thank you so much for showing we need to be recognized too. My heart is feeled with so much joy right now. Thank you.
I lost my first baby due to miscarriage a little over a month ago. I am so sad and dreading mothers day. Thank you for ‘creating’ this day of remberence. Even though the world looks at me and does not see me as a mother, I know in my heart that I am and this day brings that to light. Thank you.
Thank you for this. Having had a miscarriage and then within the last 3 weeks, carrying a baby full term, only to have him pass 7 hours after birth (we were aware he was sick and had a 50/50 chance of survival due to his defect), the thought of Mother’s Day is unbearable. I’m not even sure I can call my mother and say the words to her without breaking down. I almost lost it in Target the other day, after walking past the Mother’s Day cards, and couldn’t even pick one out for my mom. More people need to be aware that just because there are men and women who aren’t pushing carriages or holding babies, doesn’t mean they aren’t moms and dads, and people who haven’t been in our situation don’t understand that. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing this day I lost my 13 Year old Son 13 Years ago and every Mothers Day is a painful reminder of the loss of my only Child it is nice to have have a Day to celebrate our beloved Angels together.
Take care from Jacki
THANK YOU AND BLESS YOU for having this site. I miss my son David Matthew. Love to him and all the babies and momma’s here. God Bless <3
I am in my sixties. I lost a child more than thirty years ago. A few years ago a friend brought a spiritual medium to my house. I did not believe in such things. The first thing he said to me was, “Your father and the baby you lost so many years ago are waiting for you in heaven”. It was a shock as I had never shared that loss with my friend or even my husband as it had occurred in a previous marriage. So know that we are still connected to those children and that hopefully some day we will be reunited.
It brings a sense of peace knowing they are waiting for us in heaven. I have always wanted to meet with a spiritual medium, but not sure who is real and who isn’t, I don’t want to get my hopes up but I’m happy for you that you were able to have the experience to know your baby and father are waiting for you. I am sorry for your losses. Thank you for sharing,
Thank you so much for organizing this day. I posted a status today about this day and changed my profile picture. A little dissapointed barely anyone commented and none of my family said anything about my status.
There are no words, Carly. Except…THANK YOU. Much love, dear friend!
Hi there,
Is this International Bereaved Mothers Day picture available to have printed?
Thanks so much.
NIcole
I honestly had no idea about any of this until a week ago. I gave birth to my angel baby on May 13th. Mothers Day. It will never be the same for me, or anyone connected to me I guess. Ive been spending all my time finding websites like this one, and while it makes me feel better to know Im not alone, it hurts to know how many Mommies have to go through the loss of a child.
Gracias!!! Hace un mes perdí a mis mellizos, tenia 6 meses de embarazo y se complico. Aun que tengo otros dos hijos es muy difícil continuar sin mis dos bebes, gracias por tu blog y compartir, hace que las demás que pasamos por lo mismo nos sintamos comprendidas.
Any holiday can be such a hard time. My 1st mother’s day was in the NICU holding my baby girl only with a lot of pads and cushions and cords. My second was spent praying baby #2 would not have Oseteogenesis Imperfects (brittle bones) that our 1st baby girl had. Our rainbow reminds us every day how precious life is, and we continue to honor and cherish our rainbow Alle Shea whose unbreakable spirit lasted 5 weeks we have a website in her honor too http://www.allesheaproject.org which tells of some of our experiences. There are times that 2009 seems like a lifetime ago, and others that is is still happening right now. Love to all mothers and all the angel babies, and rainbow babies too.
This is a wonderful way for us to have our Mother’s Day!
Thank you Carly.
Through Sands Queensland we are holding a Bereaved Mothers Day morning tea to support mothers in Brisbane and having a Mother’s Day card exchange for any bereaved mother. If anyone wants details they can contact events@sandsqld.com
This is amazing because my husband and I are walking on the 5th for March of Dimes in honor of our Daughter who was born sleeping 4/10/13
Gracias por tener esta pagina,,,,y claro que es verdad! Como nos sentimos las madres que hemos perdido nuestros bebes!!!
Im happy to find this site. 4 months have passed and i still cant get over it.
I lost my son 3 weeks ago, I carried full term with a healthy little boy, only for him to pass 26 hours after coming into this world. I also had a miscarriage prior to that, its been a devasting long journey. I am happy I have found your website. It brings hope
Just finding this after losing my 38 year old daughter, Kristy as well as my 5 year old Jordan, and som -in-law David, I find it doesn’t matter how old your child is when you lose them. The pain is as real and urgent any. For the mother losing a child from the womb till the end of your own life, losing a child is the most difficult and painful event in ones life. We do go on. It may not be because we want too. We have too. Love to and and all mothers who have lost a child. I am right there with you!
Debbie Spicer