My mom died 6 weeks after my son was born. Losing the woman I wanted to talk to the most reshaped motherhood for me.

The author, shown with her mother, said that she still has the urge to call her mom from time to time. Courtesy of Frankie Samah. My mom died six weeks after my second child was born. Navigating grief while postpartum was especially challenging. I wanted to call my mom so many times. Losing my mother made me realize how quickly life can change, so now I'm adapting the way I parent. People now speak honestly about postpartum exhaustion, hormones, and sleepless nights, but very few people tal...