Mother’s Day Can Be Hard
Happy Mother’s Day 2025. We know that is hard for some people to hear, so we intentionally left this message until after the day. It might be triggering for some. 
Perhaps you grew up with a loving parent who nurtured you beyond their desires and troubles to help you be as free and great as your heart desires.
Perhaps you did not.
Perhaps the person you called “Mom” struggled with their own upbringing full of “dogmatic bullshit” as author Nancy Manet calls it. Maybe they, too, struggled to be free of oppression, and yet they still passed all that abuse and yuck on to you.
Perhaps you weren’t as loved as you could have been. Possibly, you weren’t accepted because of who you truly are. Maybe you were told to be like a neat potted plant instead of a field of wildflowers.
We know that Mother’s Day isn’t easy for some. Know that we see you and want to speak up for all those who carried their woundedness as children and are desperate not to pass that on to their children.
Maybe Mom has gone to the other side. Past the veil, and you’re struggling with that grief…or relief.
We see you. Our hearts are with you.
The works of Nancy Manet and Michelle Buvala honor that struggle or that joy. We’re especially proud of these two books. In creating them, together with more than 1000 hours of art and writing, we talked endlessly about what they meant to us personally.
We discussed our hopes and dreams for those marginalized or othered, no matter who did the othering.
Ostensibly, they’re children’s books. But they aren’t just that. Maybe your heart needs to see and read how one Mom grew past her oppression and grew to see wholeness in her child.
Happy Mother’s Day. Whatever way you are present today, we hope you find peace.
Art by Michelle Buvala. If you want some books others have used for healing and connection, check out your online bookstore for “My Expansion” and “You Are Not A Tulip In A Pot.“
Mother’s Day Can Be Hard
Happy Mother’s Day 2025. We know that is hard for some people to hear, so we intentionally left this message until after the day. It might be triggering for some.
Perhaps you grew up with a loving parent who nurtured you beyond their desires and troubles to help you be as free and great as your heart desires.
Perhaps you did not.
Perhaps the person you called “Mom” struggled with their own upbringing full of “dogmatic bullshit” as author Nancy Manet calls it. Maybe they, too, struggled to be free of oppression, and yet they still passed all that abuse and yuck on to you.
Perhaps you weren’t as loved as you could have been. Possibly, you weren’t accepted because of who you truly are. Maybe you were told to be like a neat potted plant instead of a field of wildflowers.
We know that Mother’s Day isn’t easy for some. Know that we see you and want to speak up for all those who carried their woundedness as children and are desperate not to pass that on to their children.
Maybe Mom has gone to the other side. Past the veil, and you’re struggling with that grief…or relief.
We see you. Our hearts are with you.
The works of Nancy Manet and Michelle Buvala honor that struggle or that joy. We’re especially proud of these two books. In creating them, together with more than 1000 hours of art and writing, we talked endlessly about what they meant to us personally.
We discussed our hopes and dreams for those marginalized or othered, no matter who did the othering.
Ostensibly, they’re children’s books. But they aren’t just that. Maybe your heart needs to see and read how one Mom grew past her oppression and grew to see wholeness in her child.
Happy Mother’s Day. Whatever way you are present today, we hope you find peace.
Art by Michelle Buvala. If you want some books others have used for healing and connection, check out your online bookstore for “My Expansion” and “You Are Not A Tulip In A Pot.“