Grief

Losing Someone Who Helped Shaped Who You Are: Remembering my Uncle Maurice
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Losing Someone Who Helped Shaped Who You Are: Remembering my Uncle Maurice

Grief

Losing Someone Who Helped Shaped Who You Are: Remembering my Uncle Maurice

I seem to have a habit of writing about grief. It’s one of the ways I process loss. I know many of you can relate. Here’s a love letter to my Uncle Maurice, who passed away a little over two weeks ago. I know not all of you have access to Substack, so I’m pasting the short essay below also. “What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply [...]

By Lisa Montanaro|2026-08-24T11:30:16-07:00August 24th, 2026|Grief|0 Comments

I Miss Thee, My Mother
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I Miss Thee, My Mother

Grief

I Miss Thee, My Mother

“I miss thee, my Mother! Thy image is still the deepest impressed on my heart.” ~ Eliza Cook Eleven years ago today, I lost my mother. It still hurts like hell, but it’s no longer the sharp pain of a fresh knife wound. Over the years, the pain has turned into more of a dull ache. I’ve come to live with the strange feeling of being motherless. It’s a feeling of being unmoored at sea, [...]

By Lisa Montanaro|2021-02-25T21:38:00-08:00February 25th, 2021|Grief|0 Comments