Writing a eulogy for your mom

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Type what you remember — even in bullet points. In about a minute you'll have the finished piece, ready to edit and share.

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A eulogy for your mother is one of the most personal things you'll ever say out loud. You don't have to cover her whole life. Pick the moments that show who she was.

Start with a list

Write down everything you can think of for ten minutes: her sayings, her cooking, her habits, how she showed love. Then circle the three that made you smile. Build the eulogy around those.

A simple shape

  1. Introduce yourself.
  2. One story that shows who she was.
  3. What she taught you — and others.
  4. A goodbye, spoken to her or to the room.

Getting through it

Print it in large type, mark where to breathe, and have a sibling or friend ready to finish reading it if you need to stop. Everyone in that room wants you to succeed.

Example opening

My mother believed there was no problem in this world that couldn't be improved by a pot of soup and a phone call. I'm her son, Andrés, and I've been on the receiving end of both more times than I can count…

Fictional example.

Want it written for you?

Type what you remember — even in bullet points. In about a minute you'll have the finished piece, ready to edit and share.

Write it for me