Postcards from Paradise: Blessings to All of our Mothering Hearts and to the Hearts of All Mothers

Mary Cassatt ~ The Bath

Mother,
Your voice learning to soothe
Your new child
Was the first home-sound
We heard before we could see.

 

Lilacs in the Window ~ Mary Cassatt

 

 

Your young eyes
Gazing on us
Were the first mirror
Where we glimpsed
What to be seen
Could mean.

 

Mary Cassatt ~ Mother and son in a boat

Mother,
Your nearness tilled the air,
An umbilical garden for the seeds
Of thought that stirred in our infant hearts.

 

The Boating Party ~Mary Cassatt

 

 

Young Thomas and His Mother by Mary Cassatt

You nurtured and fostered this space
To root all our quietly gathering intensity
That could grow nowhere else.

 

Mary Cassatt ~ Mother and Baby having Breakfast

 

Mother,
Formed from the depths beneath your heart,
You know us from the inside out.
No deeds or seas or others
Could ever erase that.

 

~A Blessing For Mothers from John O’Donohue

From “To Bless the Space Between Us”

This Blessing is For All Mothers, Living and Deceased and For All women and men as well in their Mothering Role ~ because mothering is done by teachers, coaches, mentors, therapists, siblings and friends. Moreover, there are some men who play the role of both mother and father to their children. All of us carry the Divine Mother within us. We only need to open our hearts to it and let it shine.

Happy Mother’s Day Mom.  I Miss You!

For More Postcards from Paradise Please Make your Way to Recuerda mi Corazon on this lovely Festive Day.