Morning Entires (borrowed)
from Morning Entries Hosted by Ashley Meyers
Breeze of change teases me on familiar neighborhood walks The thought of being a childless mother comes often enough that we have made friends with one another now and this new relationship invites me to begin the arduous process of untethering an invisible velvet ribbon that runs from my youngest daughter and I Everywhere I turn is a subtle reminder of a magical yet tragic childhood all three of us played out The world is our living museum of a thousand memories I’ve attached the girls names to all of them Wildflowers Old glass jars that filled meticulously made potions of the day Ice cream shops Torn sheets of paper made into delicate Mother’s day cards Court house benches Parking lot that played host to pick ups and drop offs Chipped plates Birds singing Even silent rooms, hold meaning now And yet there is a knowing that even this life we’ve lived has always been on borrowed time that indeed nothing is permeant, every-thing changes nothing and nobody actually belongs to us in the end. I stand on the edge of reflections… that to mother was always a necessary loss to find myself Get full access to Diary of a Life Well Lived at diaryofalifewelllived.substack.com/subscribe
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