The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. Oprah Winfrey
Now that you no longer have your mother to praise and affirm you, perhaps you feel like you don’t matter. Here are some suggestions from author, Jennifer Wallace who wrote Mattering and Never Enough that may help you turn this feeling around.
—At the end of the day, take a moment to reflect on one way you contributed to another person and write it down.
—Start a paper file or a file on your computer where you keep special notes or cards people have written you to say how you mattered to them.
—Recognize the value in others. As you show strangers or friends that they matter, you’ll begin to feel more like you matter.
Coaching questions: How will you remind yourself that you matter? Which suggestion above resonates with you? What’s one thing you’ll do to help someone else feel as though they matter today?
Life after losing a mother 