much beloved Mione Mother's Day: a day of tributes for some, heartache for many. Ache for the mother they never had but always wished for; ache for the mother they were lucky enough to have who is no longer living.
I woke up today thinking of my friend Caity on this, her first Mother's Day without her beloved Mom. "Oh, how I miss her," Caity says. Her big hugs, her wide smile, her most infectious laughter, and her huge capacity to love - everyone. Even though the last few years were so challenging as she braved her way through Alzheimers until she didn't know who I was anymore, I could tell she was loving me. Each time she re-discovered that I was her daughter, she glowed with love, told me how beautiful I am, how lucky she is."
Caity's Mom had wanted to travel around the world. "She wanted to create an adventure out of everyday," Caity says. "She was able to do some exploring in the later years, but not as much as she wanted to."
I woke up today thinking of my friend Caity on this, her first Mother's Day without her beloved Mom. "Oh, how I miss her," Caity says. Her big hugs, her wide smile, her most infectious laughter, and her huge capacity to love - everyone. Even though the last few years were so challenging as she braved her way through Alzheimers until she didn't know who I was anymore, I could tell she was loving me. Each time she re-discovered that I was her daughter, she glowed with love, told me how beautiful I am, how lucky she is."
Caity's Mom had wanted to travel around the world. "She wanted to create an adventure out of everyday," Caity says. "She was able to do some exploring in the later years, but not as much as she wanted to."
So to honor her Mom's wanderlust, Caity tenderly packaged some of her ashes in a beautiful little urn and enlisted friends across the country to host her.
"A grand trip with loved ones who are sharing adventures with her." Thus far she's hung out in the Bay Area before joining us here in Oregon. She accompanied me to the Ottawa Valley, via Toronto, and will soon board an early morning flight to the mountains of northwest Italy. She'll spend some time in New York City before being reunited with her daughter at the 40th anniversary Michigan Womyn's Music Festival.
"I know she is loving this," Caity says. "I am too. Here's to you Mione, you made the world a better place."
"A grand trip with loved ones who are sharing adventures with her." Thus far she's hung out in the Bay Area before joining us here in Oregon. She accompanied me to the Ottawa Valley, via Toronto, and will soon board an early morning flight to the mountains of northwest Italy. She'll spend some time in New York City before being reunited with her daughter at the 40th anniversary Michigan Womyn's Music Festival.
"I know she is loving this," Caity says. "I am too. Here's to you Mione, you made the world a better place."
Read about how I took my Dad along for the ride when I ventured to Bhutan, and last year's post on an annual Motherless Mother's Day commemoration.
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