Milwaukee Motherless Collective hosts Motherless Mother’s Day Brunch in Shorewood to turn grief into support [Video]

SHOREWOOD — Mother’s Day is just around the corner. While this is a joyous celebration for some, for others it’s a somber holiday and a difficult reminder of loss.”

“I used to hate Mother’s Day truthfully,” Miranda Malone said.

Malone’s Mother’s Days weren’t like her friends growing up.

“I lost my mom when I was 5 months old in a vehicle accident very tragically and suddenly of course. She was only 19. Her name was Rosalie,” Malone said.

The Shorewood mom didn’t have her mother by her side during her greatest and toughest moments.

“There isn’t that mom to go through all the life transitions chapters, and seasons, graduations, weddings, breakups, periods, like everything in between.”

It also meant she didn’t have her mom to teach her how to be a mother.

“Mothering without a mother is, you know, a really deep and profound experience that wasn’t something I was really prepared for,” Malone said.

But now, Miranda wants …