Letter to mum
If you’ve ever lost someone dear, or feel the aching weight of absence in your life, you know the deep despair, the tortured heart.
Five weeks after my sister passed away, my mum left us quietly too, under the cover of night, years of suffering from a brain haemorrhage at an end.
She had stayed.
For my dad. For us.
The dance of relief and grief.
Relief and grief swamped me, my heart cleaved in two. When asked who wanted to write something for her funeral, a spark stirred in me — a Phoenix rising from the ashes — and I said yes. But the words wouldn’t come.
Until one early morning, the sun waiting to kiss the day awake, a letter tumbled out from my heart onto paper, my vision too blurry to read it until I had typed it up. And even then, the tears wouldn’t stop.
The power of shared love
The letter didn’t just touch my heart — it touched everyone who read it, who heard it at the funeral. Because we’re all daughters and sons. All born through our mothers, all connected from beginning to end, and even beyond.
Finding ourselves
Loss asks so much of us, but it also reveals our strength, our resilience, our capacity for love that endures. Writing, remembering, sharing memories — they’re all parts of our healing journey, all necessary for grieving, letting go, letting life in, and picking up the broken pieces of our hearts and finding ourselves again.
Daily invitation
How do you keep love alive when someone you cherish is gone? How do you cherish yourself in these troubling times and allow healing to happen?
Listen to the letter
You can listen to the letter here, or read on below.
Dear Mum,
I miss you. Your laughter. Your voice. Your embrace.
Your hands, how they hold me, how they caress my hair, my face.
Your words, how they protect me, strengthen and love me.
Your heart, how it carries me.
Your ears, how they listen to me, so patiently, so lovingly.
Your eyes, your gaze, filled with love, with light, illuminating my days and nights.
Your softness, your strength, how they permeate me.
Your love, how it lets me grow.
I miss you. In the small moments. In the big ones. When I look at my children, in whom you continue to live, who awaken you inside me.
I miss you. In the stars that bear gifts to the night sky, in which I find you.
I miss you. Your touch, your soul, simply you. Your presence in my life.
And even though you’re far, far away, you’re always here, always close. In my heart, well protected. Always nurturing. Always loving. Always loved. Never forgotten.
Thank you, Mum. For all that you were. For all that you are.
I love you.
Your daughter Elisabeth
A moment to rest your heart
If you’re carrying a heavy heart or navigating waves of grief, take a moment to breathe and be with yourself.
When you’re ready you can listen to this meditation for the aching heart — a channeled recording deeply infused with Reiki energy. It offers a space to breathe deeply, ground yourself, and find light and grace in the present moment.
Let this meditation hold you in the tenderness you deserve.
A gift for yourself - find peace and calm
Support your journey with this complimentary meditation to find peace and connect with your heart.
