“No one prepares you for how traumatic this time of year is”: how OthersDay is helping people who find MothersDay difficult
and Instagram account, Other’s Day largely exists online and is a space on social media, a place that so often becomes full of smiling family photographs on parental celebration days, where people who find it hard to interact with that side of the day can find some solidarity.
“Generally, the response has been overwhelming. People have been so supportive,” says Hopkinson. “It really feels like there’s a community effort on the day to get the word out and support people. That feeling of solidarity is incredible.” Hopkinson and Donaldson are keen to acknowledge that there’s no right way to approach these days.
“Emma kept everything very close and didn’t tell me her mum had passed away for a week afterwards, whereas I texted everyone I knew as soon as I left the hospice after my nan passed away and fully immersed myself into misery,” says Donaldson. “We hit both ends of the spectrum and we want people at all points along it to be able to join Other’s Day. We want everyone to feel seen.”
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