Mother's day for the grieving mother

One of the students in my class told me today that her son of 23 years had passed away three years ago. Therefore her mother's day was a very sad day.
I was deeply moved by her account and thought that grieving mothers are ignored on this special day, be it because they are "mothers no more", be it simply because people do not know how to approach a mother who has become childless. The silence engulfing us bereaved mothers, the silence we also have to keep, is deafening.

The question came up in me, whether we still are mothers or not if we loose a child. What if we miscarry before term? Are we still mothers? What are we?

The answer after some reflection was very clear: YES WE ARE.
In our hearts there is still the motherly love for the lost child, there is still the care for the life that was cut too short, there is still the incredible pain that can only be felt by someone who has actually been a mother...
So my question is: does it matter whether it was today, yesterday or a long time ago ?......
My call to you:
Do not forget or ignore those bereaved mothers, because after all they still ARE mothers just in a different way.