MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS

MY BEAUTIFUL MOTHER AND ME

Last year in the early weeks of May, I watched, out my window, a Mother Robin build her nest in a tree very close to our house. The nest was so close that I could have reached out and held the nest in my hand if I so desired, which, of course, I wouldn't. I write this simply to tell you how close I felt to this Mother Robin, and how closely I watched, from beginning to end, the hard work she did to build her nest; the patience she demonstrated while sitting on her nest waiting for her babies to break through; the tenacity she showed bringing food back and forth to her young off springs before they could fly; the proficiency with which she dropped food into her babies mouths, and finally the endurance she demonstrated waiting for the last of her four babies to get up the courage to  fly away as she called to them, from a distance, to come and join her. The whole process seemed to me to take about 2 months, and I was a faithful follower.  I am quite taken with nature and the lessons I learn observing nature in all its complexities and manifestations of life, and this was such a special time to observe nature at its best and also, motherhood at its finest.   
Sunday is Mother's Day, and I always think of my mother who did so much for me, and for my six brothers and sisters growing up. If you scroll down to Mother (not mothers) in my menu, you will see the poem I wrote about my mother on this BLOG some years ago. Say whatever you want about mothers, but in my case, she was one of two people in my growing up years that I always knew was on my side no matter what stupid thing I had done. . She saved me more than once! So in memory of my mother, and as a tribute also to my two wonderful daughters who helped me to be the mother I am to them, I share a poem that I wrote some years ago called
MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS

There is a strong and delicate thread
That spreads through the heart
Of mothers and daughters
And binds them together, forever

Like bright breasted Robins
 Who sew their nests
For hours and hours, stitch by stitch
A mother and daughter
Tie in time
Intricate moments
That are one of a kind

And just as the Robin and her mate
Bring different things to the nest
Like a twig, a leaf, or a feather
Mothers and daughters bring
A moment, a thought, a secret
To share with each other

And then,
A walk, a talk, a manner
Just their own

And like the bird who depends on its nest
In all kinds of weather
Mothers and daughters depend on each other

In all of nature and mankind
Nothing binds
Like mothers and daughters.

AWESOME DAUGHTER MICHELLE

                                                 FABULOUS DAUGHTER KERRI