As difficult and painful as it was to lose my mother when I was eleven, I feel blessed to be in a position to offer suggestions based on the experience I had with a dependable, kind and loving father.
Carmel Breathnach
About Carmel Breathnach
Carmel Breathnach is a freelance writer and former elementary school teacher living in Portland, Oregon. She holds a B.A. degree in English literature and Irish language studies from NUI Maynooth, and a Diploma in Education from St. Patrick’s College, Dublin. Carmel writes on the themes of childhood mother loss, grief and gratitude. Her work has appeared in The Irish Times, Huffington Post, Upworthy, Scary Mommy, Voice Catcher, Modern Loss and Pendemic.ie, as well as in the anthology Hidden Lights published by Golden Dragonfly Press. Carmel is currently working on a memoir about mother loss titled Briefly I Knew My Mother.