Hey, Auntie C …
I sent her yesterday’s words
because I felt the need to share gratitude with this someone who calls Buffalo, NY home.
But what my auntie gifted in return,
will hunker in my heart for a long, L O N G while.
Two, sincere sentences,
instantly placing me back to the days when aligned with my mama, I often was not,
where she’d see things one way, I’d insist on another,
the younger me holding allllll the answers,
smug and determined to undermine the lessons learned, by this out of touch person I called, Mom.
Oh, Mom.
Older, wiser, brings such a beautiful, eyes wide open, clarity
and what seemed silly and lopsided then, makes absolute sense now.
& hey, Auntie C …
your sister and I BIG HUG thank you, for this wonderfully delightful realization,
for my mother’s daughter, I truly am.
🙂 🙂