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Each Mother's Day

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

Each Mother's Day,

I read the posts.

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags childless poetry, childless lessons, disenfranchised grief
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Best Auntie

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

On Mother’s Day, it is a reminder, another one, that I am childless.

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags childless mother's day, childless father's day, childless auntie
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Homeless love

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

Today, Mother’s Day, is a hard day – I am childless and motherless. There are shadows of grief and soft-light sorrow.

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags childless and motherless, childless relationships, childless mothers day
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A Daughter's Therapy

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

Mother’s Day. I had ended all communication with my toxic Mom. But I needed some type of closure. I needed a way to process my grief over a dead relationship with a live person.

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags toxic mother, unconditional love, family estrangement, self love
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The Best Gift

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

The best gift I’ve given is the peppermint plate
The one you stared at as we drove by daily

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags childless memories, childless poem, childless meothers day
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It Is Never Just One Day

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

They tell me

it is only one day—

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags childless mothers day, childless poem, disenfranchised grief
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The Mother

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

If the loving mother never existed—what idea do I have of what it means to be a mother?

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags childless mother, maternal love, childless poetry
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I don't want the Flower

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

It never sneaks up on me. I always know when it is coming. I feel the weight of the day long before I live it.

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags childless mothers day, mothers day flowers, I am not a mother, disenfranchised grief
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A Mother's Day

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

We deserve to be celebrated too.

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags childless empowered, childless worth, childless on mothers day
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Strawberry Picking

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

A beloved only child I was very much cherished by both my parents.

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags childless relationships, childless mothers day, miscarriage awareness
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Mother Earth

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

I am now a mother to the earth,

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags childless nurturing, mother earth, childless not by choice
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I will never get the homemade gifts, meals or cards, flowers etc..

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

Mother’s Day has always affected me through the years more than any other holiday.

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags childless mothers day, childless fathers day, early menopause
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Lesson Learned

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

There is something about motherhood being described as ‘the greatest gift’ that makes my brain scream.

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags childless mothers day, childlessness and religion, fur mummy
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When Mother’s Day Comes Around

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

Mother’s Day can be a beautiful celebration.

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags childless mothers day, self nuturing, disenfranchised grief
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My mother didn’t like herself

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

Every week, she made sure to tell me that nobody liked me.

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags breaking the cycle, childless self love, childless self care
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An Ode To The Lady Of The Miseries

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

You broke me with your lies

Twists and slanderous accusations.

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags disenfranchised grief, childless poem, childless by circumstances
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Mother’s Day: What Do You Need?

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

Growing up in the UK, Mother’s Day was simply about my mum.

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags childless mothers day, childless support, childless community
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Parents' Day

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

Mother

I am not one

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags childless invisibility, pronatal world, childless not by choice
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Mother's Day Over Time

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

My relationship with Mother’s Day has changed over time, but it remains not my favorite of the Days.

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags childless mothers day, childless fathers day, disenfranchised grief
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The Impossible Role

September 17, 2026 Stephanie Joy Phillips

The role of a stepmother is synonymous with the word ‘wicked’.

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In Childless Mother's Day Tags childless stepmum, childless stepgrandmother, childless not by choice
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