A Memoir About Life, Loss and Letting Go
Losing Mom
What grief taught me about love, family and finding grace in goodbye
About the Book
An intimate journey through six weeks of hospice care
She thought she was prepared. Her mother was old. She'd lived a full life. She knew she would grieve, but believed their bond was strong enough to transcend death. She was wrong.
For Peggy Ottman, saying goodbye to her once vibrant, stubborn, fiercely independent mother meant navigating six weeks of hospice care alongside her two sisters in the small Ohio town where they'd grown up. Together, they became the "K-Team" — managing decisions both big and small as they faced the impossible inevitability of their mother's death.
In this intimate and honest memoir, Ottman shares the day-by-day unfolding of those final weeks — the guilt, the exhaustion, the small moments of grace, and the profound reassurance that love doesn't end when life does.
If you're caring for an aging parent, grieving a loss, or dreading the inevitable, Losing Mom offers a tender companion through your own impossible goodbye. It reminds us that death is not so much an ending, but a transformative passage for both the one dying, and the loved ones they leave behind.
What Readers Are Saying
The author captures well the emotional upheaval that can accompany end-of-life decisions and care. More importantly, her story describes in loving terms the dynamic of differing emotions for family members over time.
Susan Smith, MSSW
Hospice of Northwest Ohio
Losing Mom is a beautifully written book for anyone who has cared for a loved one and understands the quiet pain of letting go.
Reader's Favorite
5-Star Review
About Peggy
Author, hospice volunteer, and mother
Peggy Ottman, author of the children's book The Lonely Loon and the blog My Consciousness Project, shares deeply personal reflections on loss and healing.
Losing Mom began as a series of online posts that touched thousands of readers with its honesty and heart, inspiring her to turn it into a full length memoir.
A hospice volunteer and former EMT, Peggy is the mother of three, grandmother of five, and lives with her husband and Labrador puppy between Connecticut and Maine.
Other Works
The Lonely Loon
Children's book
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