Happy Mothers' Day to all my friends who are mothers.
Some of us, like me, lost our mothers early in our lives,
So often we seek nurture from our DNA sisters and from friends,
And sometimes from chocolate bars and mashed potatoes and banana pudding.
And often we give nurture the way we would like to receive it,
Our mothers taught us how, waaaay early in our lives,
So we in turn can love our sons and daughters
who (face it) it's sometimes hard to do.
And if we are lucky in love, we receive a man's nurture,
It's not the same as a woman's touch,
But it will do, and his way feels good to us so we press
our lips to the back of his hand
And remember through our senses that very first touch of love.
Mimi Rockwell
May 10, 2009
