Cheri Fletcher

𝑩𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅. 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬

Today, instead of simply saying Happy Mother’s Day…I want to say:

You make this world happier because you are in it.

For some, today holds a celebration.
For others, it holds absence.

Some are missing their mothers.
Some are missing a child.
Some carry the ache of children they never got to hold.
Some are mothering through distance, grief, estrangement, exhaustion, or quiet longing.

And all of that deserves to be acknowledged gently today.

But alongside that truth, I also want you to know this:
You have made people feel ~

𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱
𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲
𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱
𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗻
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱
𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱

You have made ordinary days brighter simply by being who you are.

So today, 𝑩𝒆𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒅 “Happy Mother’s Day”…
I hope you hear this too:

You make life happier for the people around you.

And that matters more than you know.

Cheri 🌻

𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫…
𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

A month after Annie passed, we said yes to a little yellow house behind ours…not really knowing why.

We prayed over it—
that it would be a place of comfort.

This weekend… it became something more.

Eight mothers gathered.
Photos in hand.
Names spoken out loud.
Candles lit.

There were stories…
tears…
and even some laughter.

It’s something I’m still holding.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲—

The way loving our children shapes us…and how that love continues to show up in the lives of others.

Sometimes in ways we expect…
and sometimes in ways we never could have planned.

I wrote more about this— about the house, the word “𝐜𝐨𝐳𝐲,” and what I’m beginning to see unfold there.

I’d love for you to read it and let me know:
Where do you see love still shaping you?

https://cherifletcher.com/a-table-set-for-remembering-a-bereaved-mothers-day-tea/