'I wanted to run away from today': Grieving mom shares son's story on first Mother's Day without him

By: Amanda Porterfield

Posted: May 10, 2026 5:14 PM CDT

NOW: ’I wanted to run away from today’: Grieving mom shares son’s story on first Mother’s Day without him

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Mixed in with the cards, brunches and endless cheerful greetings, there are many mother who spend this day and, every other, grieving the loss of a child.

Our Amanda Porterfield sat down with a Milwaukee mom who is spending her first Mother's Day without her teenage son after he died by suicide earlier this year.