{"id":2619,"date":"2023-03-16T10:51:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T10:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/?p=2619"},"modified":"2023-03-13T10:51:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T10:51:32","slug":"how-to-deal-with-mothers-day-when-its-difficult-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/how-to-deal-with-mothers-day-when-its-difficult-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Deal with Mother\u2019s Day When It\u2019s Difficult for You"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #618899;\">If you\u2019re looking forward to doing something special for Mother\u2019s Day on Sunday, we wish you all the best \u2013 but this article isn\u2019t for you.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s not that we don\u2019t want you to have a great day (we do) or that we take issue with Mother\u2019s Day itself (we don\u2019t \u2013 mums are amazing and deserve a little pampering).<\/p>\n<p>But we know that not everyone will feel like celebrating on Sunday. Mother\u2019s Day can generate a host of complicated feelings if your mum isn\u2019t around, you\u2019ve lost a child, miscarried or struggled to conceive.<\/p>\n<p>These feelings can be compounded by the commercial side of Mother\u2019s Day \u2013 the adverts popping into your inbox in the lead-up to the big day and the cards, chocolates and flowers on sale in the supermarket.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #bda762;\"><strong>If you find Mother\u2019s Day difficult, here are some tips to help you get through it.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instead of trying to ignore the day and suppress your feelings, acknowledge it\u2019s on the horizon and that there could be a few tears.<\/li>\n<li>Plan how you\u2019ll spend the day. If you\u2019re staying in, treat yourself by watching a favourite movie or cooking a special meal. If you\u2019re going out, choose your venue wisely. Visiting a pub or restaurant full of families celebrating Mother\u2019s Day might be upsetting.<\/li>\n<li>Light a candle or plant a tree in memory of the person you\u2019re thinking about.<\/li>\n<li>Go for a walk, run, swim or cycle. Sometimes, it\u2019s easier to reflect on feelings and memories while exercising, especially if you\u2019re in the great outdoors.<\/li>\n<li>Donate to a charity that has personal significance to you.<\/li>\n<li>Tell a friend or family member that you\u2019re finding things tough and spend some time with them.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid social media, so you don\u2019t come across any Mother\u2019s Day-related posts that upset you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Reach out for support. Bereavement charity Cruse has a helpline (0808 808 1677). Baby loss charity\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tommys.org\/\">Tommy\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0has lots of helpful information on its website, as does the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegoodgrieftrust.org\/\">Good Grief Trust<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #618899;\"><strong>From all of us here at Crane &amp; Co, take care of yourself and thanks for reading.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking forward to doing something special for Mother\u2019s Day on Sunday, we wish you all the best \u2013 but this article isn\u2019t for you.\u00a0 It\u2019s not that we don\u2019t want you to have a great day (we do) or that we take issue with Mother\u2019s Day itself (we don\u2019t \u2013 mums are amazing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-2619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal-advice-from-our-team","tag-jerry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2619"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2624,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619\/revisions\/2624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craneandco.co.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}