Marin Voice: 27 years later, advice for daughters who lost mothers rings true

Editor’s note: This commentary originally appeared in the IJ on Mother’s Day in 1997.

Many women such as I reflect on what it’s like to be a motherless daughter on this Mother’s Day, having lost our mothers in childhood, adolescence or adulthood. My mother died when I was 15. As a result of my own therapeutic process and counseling other motherless daughters, I understand the consequences of surviving this traumatic loss and the circumstances subsequent to it.

A daughter who loses her mother...