Losing a child makes daily life hard, but it can make Mother’s Day even harder.

A local baker is making the holiday easier by making sweet treats and providing support to mothers experiencing child loss across Mecklenburg, Union, and Cabarrus counties.

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Creator of Cupcakes with Compassion and owner of Sweet Pavilion, Vanessa Sencherey, knows the feeling of loss all too well; she lost her son five years ago.

“On the first Mother’s Day after losing him, I remember a friend, a family friend from back home, texted Happy Mother’s Day, and I was so angry,” Sencherey said. “I didn’t feel like a mother, even though some people said I was. I didn’t feel like a mother.”

Mothers can be nominated for Cupcakes with Compassion at this link.

For more information about Sweet Pavilion, click here.

>>>Hear from Sencherey about how the mothers react to her outreach, in the video at the top of this story.

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