grieving mother
Parent who lost child
A grieving mother is a woman mourning the death of her child.
The phrase emphasizes the particular intensity of parental loss, often appearing in news coverage of tragedy or in advocacy contexts: grieving mothers demand gun reform, a grieving mother speaks at the memorial.
The combination has become somewhat fixed, appearing far more often than "grieving father" in public discourse.
- bereavedDeprived by death
- mourningPeriod following loss
- lossBeing without something
- tearsViolent pulls apart
- funeralService honoring the dead
tiny coffin · sorrow · anguish · heartbreak · gone too soon · childless · empty arms · empty nursery · baby shoes · keening · wailing · black dress · grave · memorial · lament · devastated · hollow · numb