Spring, the cruelest and fairest of the seasons, will come again. And the strange and buried men will come again, in flower and leaf the strange and buried men will come again, and death and the dust will never come again, for death and the dust will die.

"What is a Mother" by Lea Adler

A mother chooses to share her body with another human being for nine months during which time she gives freely and freely of all she has to offer to bring forth that life. A mother never says no to anything that child needs to grow. A life is begun inside her and that life is born into the world with Joy. The cord is cut and tied and mother and child shall never be one again. That separation and sadness stay with them both all during their lives. Always searching to be one again. A child is always looking for his or her Mom.

What the child does not know is that a Mom is always looking for her child.

My mother, far left, some 25 years ago, pregnant with a very special blogger.

You don't have to look for me, Ma. You're with me already. With me in my heart.

And you are missed.