"Don't worry,"
Rachel said,
"if your memories
of your mother
disappear.
After a few months
they will be back
fresher than ever."
It's true.
The memories of her last difficult days
have faded.
Two days ago she appeared to me
wearing the green & white striped cotton dress
she had when I was a kind, in the 1940's,
in her forties,
her lovely dark hair
yet to be lovely silver.
Today I wore her sting of pearls,
knowing that wearing them agains thte skin
renews their lustre
Karen Ethelsdattar, Jersey City, NJ from The Orphaned Adult: Understanding and Coping with Grief and Change After the Death of Our Parents by Alexander Levy, c 1999
In honor of Mother's Day please share a memory of your mother with someone who is close to you. Perhaps if your own mother is still alive, share it with her.
