Motherless Day

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co.

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Some holidays are just more loaded than others, depending on our individual experiences. When you’re grieving the loss of your mother — either because they’ve died or because you don’t have a relationship with them — what the heck are you supposed to do with a holiday like Mother’s Day? When a listener reached out to Nora after their mom died to ask for advice on moving forward, Nora decided to tap into the Terrible Rolodex of accidental grief experts … past TTFA guests and listeners and friends of the pod who have been there. Support our new independent production (and get bonus content galore!) by joining TTFA Premium. We now offer tiers as low as $4.99 / month. Sign up. Our email subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join our mailing list here. Did you know we’re on TikTok? Yep, it’s true. Follow Nora. You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's that time of year again.
0:05.0	I'm talking about time to get back to our terrible holiday tradition.
0:09.9	I'm talking about happy-ish holidays.
0:12.3	Yes, it is a podcast episode, but it is also a live show, a party for anybody who has
0:16.9	a complicated relationship with the holiday season.
0:21.1	This year, there's two ways to join in the fun.
0:23.1	You can join us in person at the Parkway Theatre in Minneapolis on Tuesday, December 6th
0:28.3	at 7.30pm Central Standard Time or online via live stream same time, same time, same time,
0:37.0	different place because you can watch it wherever you are.
0:39.5	Again, that's Tuesday, December 6th at 7.30 Central Standard Time.
0:45.1	Get your tickets at happyasholidays.com.
0:48.6	We'll also have a link in the show notes.
0:51.0	I lost my mom in 2017, so a handful of years out.
1:02.9	The grief is not that fresh grief.
1:06.8	That's all-consuming.
1:09.0	Try to get through the day.
1:14.1	You don't want to get through the day grief anymore for me.
1:19.9	But it still sucks all the time.
1:22.7	I still miss my mom all the time.
1:30.7	When I find out people lose their moms, I just really feel for them.
1:41.6	It's like the feeling of getting the wind knocked out of you because I know that feeling.
1:49.3	One way you get through it or live without your mom is you just kind of do it, as boring
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