waterwomen, earthwomen, mothers, dreams & journeys

Here is my mom, April of last year, with me, my sister, niece, and step-dad.



My mom has always been more the waterwoman mother (also known as the dragonfly mother) than the earthwoman* mother. I've had abandonment issues, as it were, since six. But I love her very much, and I'm very glad she's in my life now. And really, would I be the me, and the writer I am, without her? No.

*from the poem by Denise Levertov, included under the cut
( if you feel like a spot of poetry )

( from those Levertov poems (sans proper spacing, sorry) )

( if you feel like a spot of poetry )