1Kevin Hart
Good HousekeepingI chose not to lose my mom, and instead to gain an angel. In my mind, my heart, and my life, she is still completely present to this day — and as wise, compassionate and stubborn as ever.
2Billie Holiday, I'll Be Seeing You
Good Housekeeping“I’ll be seeing you, in all the old familiar places, that this heart of mine embraces, all day through.
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3Helen Keller
Good HousekeepingWe bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world — the company of those who have known suffering.
4Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea
Good HousekeepingMother was comfort. Mother was home. A girl who lost her mother was suddenly a tiny boat on an angry ocean. Some boats eventually floated ashore. And some boats, like me, seemed to float farther and farther from land.
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5Leo Buscaglia
Good HousekeepingI know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act, thought, and decision we make. Their love leaves an indelible imprint in our memories. We find comfort in knowing that our lives have been enriched by having shared their love.
6Unknown
Good HousekeepingI have an angel watching over me. She is my mom.
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7Unknown
Good HousekeepingTo my mother in heaven, thank you for always loving me and guiding me. Even though you are no longer here with me I can still feel your love guiding me. You are always in my heart. I love you and miss you dearly.
8Terri Guillemets
Good HousekeepingThose we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity.
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9Ocean Vuong
Good HousekeepingIn Vietnamese, the word for missing someone and remembering them is the same: nhớ.
10Maya Angelou
Good HousekeepingA great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again.
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11Matthew 5:4
Good HousekeepingBlessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
12Elizabeth Postle
Good HousekeepingOne day we will remember how lucky we were to have known their love, with wonder, not grief.
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13Cindy Adkins
Good HousekeepingWhenever I am missing you, I also remember how fortunate I was that you were in my life. I wouldn't trade those moments for the world.
14Abraham Lincoln
Good HousekeepingI remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
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15Unknown
Good HousekeepingMom, sometimes I wish you could come back, but I don't want you to suffer again. I know you are with me and I will always love and miss you with all my heart. Until we meet again!
16Narin Grewal
Good HousekeepingMom, you are the most beautiful memory I kept locked inside my heart.
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17Madame De Stael
Good HousekeepingWe understand death only after it has placed its hands on someone we love.
18Alphonse De Lamartine
Good HousekeepingSometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated.
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19C.S. Lewis
Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.
20Anne Roiphe
Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life.

Cameron (she/her) is a staff writer for Good Housekeeping, where she covers everything from holidays to food. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, where she received a B.A. in magazine journalism. In her spare-time she can be found scrolling TikTok for the latest cleaning hacks and restaurant openings, binge-watching seasons of Project Runway or online shopping.

Katherine Tinsley is a pop culture and beauty-obsessed journalist who has worked with Live the Process, The Knockturnal and Dreamlette covering all things beauty, culture and lifestyle. Her work has allowed her to merge all of these interests into her writing and interview style.
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