The pain of loss persists: Lasizwe Dambuza opens up about an emotional Mother's Day

South African award-winning YouTuber, Lasizwe Dambuza shared a heartfelt Mother's Day message acknowledging both the joy of those with living mothers and the pain of those who have lost them. 

While Mother's Day is a joyful global celebration for mothers, it can be a painful reminder of loss for those whose mothers have passed away.

Dambuza, who lost his mom back in 2016, took to social media and penned an emotional post to those who lost their mothers, sharing that the pain never goes away.

“Shoutout to ‘us’ that made it through today. A day that’s supposed to be celebratory towards one woman who gave birth to ‘us’. But for ‘us’, today is just a painful reminder that our ‘mothers are no longer with us in the flesh."

“Yes, we can celebrate them and thank them, but the feeling of seeing them excited to being pampered or receiving gifts/flowers is all an illusion,” he wrote.

The media personality further added, “Life really did a number on me when my mother passed on. It’s painful, and that pain doesn’t go away: you just learn to live with it.”

His fans, who also lost their mothers, commented on his post, sharing how they relate to Dambuza’s post. 

“I never knew her hugs or her scent, but I feel her love in the hearts that care for me. To those carrying quiet grief - you are seen and loved,” @smiley_ngcobo said.

@sammie_indoniyamanzi added: “Shoutout to us, it never gets better, we just learn to live with the pain.”

While @_thejenny.edit wrote: “First one without her. Can’t explain what it feels like. The first of grief is the worst.”

Dambuza has always been candid about his mother’s passing and expressed how much he misses her.

In an interview with DJ Sbu last year on “The Hustlers Corner”, he shared some personal experience and opened up about how he lost his mother.

“My mom had a heart attack in December (2016) in a barbershop. I was cutting my hair for my matric dance. 

“That day was so weird because my mom was actually spending her last cent on me just to make sure that I had a great matric dance." 

“She sat down on the couch, I was cutting my hair and looking back on the mirror, and she collapsed. I saw her take her last breath, Dambuza shared.