Today is Mother’s Day—a day when brunches are booked, flowers are delivered, and the world pauses (however briefly) to celebrate the people who first taught us what love looks like.
To those of you lucky enough to hug your mothers today, may it be a day of laughter, warmth, and a few too many stories.
And to those of us whose mothers now live somewhere above the clouds—we feel their presence in the breeze, in the aroma of chai, in the words we say without realizing we’re repeating them.
They are still with us. Just in a softer form.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, Too.
It’s fitting, isn’t it?
That Mental Health Awareness Month shares the same month as Mother’s Day.
Because the greatest lessons our mothers gave us were emotional resilience:
- The steady hand during panic
- The voice of calm in chaos
- The magic words: “This too shall pass.”
But even mothers—especially mothers—carry invisible weight.
And so do many of us.
Since 1949, this month has served as a reminder that mental health is health. It’s not extra. It’s not optional. And it’s not something we only talk about when things fall apart.
Anxiety, burnout, grief, depression—these aren’t weaknesses. They’re signals.
They’re the emotional equivalent of back pain or chest pressure. They deserve care, attention, and compassion—not shame.
A Little Hopium for Today
So today, take a moment for your mind and heart.
- Call someone who makes you laugh.
- Step outside and feel the sun on your face.
- Breathe—just three slow breaths—like your nervous system is listening.
- And if you’re grieving a mother, or mothering through pain, know this:
You are not alone.
You are not broken.
You are not invisible.
From all of us at Hopium Health, we send love to every kind of mother—biological, chosen, spiritual—and to every heart that carries their memory like a song you never stop humming.
May we nourish our minds like we nourish our bodies.
May we love ourselves the way they once loved us.
And may today be a soft, safe space—for both joy and remembrance.
Happy Mother’s Day.
Happy Mental Health Month.
You’re doing better than you think.
— the Hopium Health team
