Honoring Mothers -

Today, I am going to attempt the Cascade Trail with Karena, to honor
her mother and my own. Her mother died last Monday, January 23rd. Mine
died February 18th, 2005. I want to honor the time of my mother's
passing, beginning now. My grieving process for her was interrupted
with these health problems of my own. I want to return to helping her
pass, even, though, I know she is delight in light at play.




This is my offering poem for my mother today.



          Healing




 




          I sit among the stones,




          still and silent,




          spacious as a field




          of Arctic terns,




          flying




          pole to pole -




 




          the sea in me is vast




          the waves


          forming and reforming,


          opening and closing,


          like the sail




          upon the mast




 




Amazing!  I hear a tapping at my window.  Two chickadees are trying to enter.

I choose to image them, as my mother and father, letting me know they are here.

The imagination is ours to choose.  I choose to feel my parents
close, tapping at my window, little Chickadees, in flight with ease!