The sad agony of Mother’s Day for the motherless

On Mother's Day, remember those who are triggered with grief. Photo: Getty

There they were, earlier than anticipated in early April. Wedged between two stacks of now unseasonable Easter eggs were the cherry pink Happy Mother’s Day cards. And so, in aisle six, my emotional vertigo began.

My mum passed away from breast cancer a few days before Mother’s Day when I was 10 years old.