44 Thoughtful Loss of Mother Quotes to Help Comfort Anyone Who Is Grieving
Use these sayings as a tribute to your mom or maternal figure, especially on Mother's Day.
A mother’s love knows no bounds. From the moment you're brought into her life, she is continuously giving, nurturing and showering you with her care and affection. It is because of this special bond that makes imagining your world without her feel unfathomable. But as many sadly know too well, when your mom actually leaves this earth, it's worse than anything you could have thought. And each special holiday that rolls around, especially Mother's Day, makes your heart even heavier.
If you are currently embarking on this journey of grief or know someone who has recently lost their mom or a maternal figure, and could use words of comfort, let these touching loss of mother quotes serve as a balm to help soothe the pain and usher you or a friend towards healing. While words can never truly express the sacred relationship between a mother and her child, many of these sympathy messages, prayers and sayings from the heart aim to console and help you remember your loved one with fond memories. Some of these thoughtful words could also be used in a sympathy card for a friend or a loving tribute to your favorite person.
And remember, even if she isn't physically here anymore, her love and light live on forever.
Unknown
The world changes from year to year, our lives from day to day, but the love and memory of you, shall never pass away.
Unknown
I have an angel watching over me. She is my mom.
Unknown
To my mother in heaven, thank you for always loving me and guiding me. Even though you are no longer here with me I can still feel your love guiding me. You are always in my heart. I love you and miss you dearly.
Terri Guillemets
Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity.
Ocean Vuong
In Vietnamese, the word for missing someone and remembering them is the same: nhớ.
Maya Angelou
A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Elizabeth Postle
One day we will remember how lucky we were to have known their love, with wonder, not grief.
Cindy Adkins
Whenever I am missing you, I also remember how fortunate I was that you were in my life. I wouldn't trade those moments for the world.
Abraham Lincoln
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
Unknown
Mom, sometimes I wish you could come back, but I don't want you to suffer again. I know you are with me and I will always love and miss you with all my heart. Until we meet again!
Narin Grewal
Mom, you are the most beautiful memory I kept locked inside my heart.
Madame De Stael
We understand death only after it has placed its hands on someone we love.
Alphonse De Lamartine
Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.
C.S. Lewis
Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.
Anne Roiphe
Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life.
Jandy Nelson
Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy.
Jose N. Harris
Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.
Susan Wiggs
There is something about losing a mother that is permanent and inexpressible- a wound that will never quite heal.
Eskimo Saying
Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy.
Cameron (she/her) is a staff writer for Good Housekeeping, where she covers everything from holidays to food. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, where she received a B.A. in magazine journalism. In her spare-time she can be found scrolling TikTok for the latest cleaning hacks and restaurant openings, binge-watching seasons of Project Runway or online shopping.
Katherine Tinsley is a pop culture and beauty-obsessed journalist who has worked with Live the Process, The Knockturnal and Dreamlette covering all things beauty, culture and lifestyle. Her work has allowed her to merge all of these interests into her writing and interview style.
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