We don't 'lose' our mothers – the reality is more violent than that | David Ferguson

Saying goodbye to your mother is a pain we all must face. That doesn’t make it any easier to do Two dear friends of mine lost their mothers this month, a high school friend and an old love. I’ve been sitting here trying to write condolence cards to them, but the inadequacy of everything I’m trying to say, especially having lost my own mother 18 months ago, is leaving me stymied. “I’m so sorry you’ve lost your mother,” sounds like they might have left her