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A grand Mother's Day

I remember my first Mother's Day (30 years ago!) and the incredible magic I felt to have a little child in my arms. I began to understand an aspect of my Mother that had eluded me before. My sweet mother passed away not long before the birth of her great-grandchild--- my first grandchild. A year ago, I shared the day with my daughter and the new baby. I was simply overcome with the gifts of the moment, and wrote these words... (hardly about real estate, but everything about a Mother's Day.)

At first,

Growing in the saline waters of my mother's womb,

That carried me to this distant shore,

I tasted the salt of the earth

At first,

Recognizing my mother's face as

She held me close and kissed me

tenderly...

The taste of sweetness filled my belly

At first,

Through growing pains and aloneness bread,

My belly was emptied of sweetness.

Bitterness consumed me as a tide,

scrambling my senses...

seeking security in the shifting sands

At first,

Searching, searching,

for the beginning---

endlessly...

Then,

The moment ---not long ago,

my Mother passed away...

The taste of everything changed.

Hollowness grew in my belly

Doritos could not fill my longing for the salt

of Salvation.

Nor Hershey kisses fill my craving for the sweetness

of a Mother's love

Today,

I watch my daughter, being a mother now...

Little boy at her breast, her face so full of tenderness

I taste the salt of tears, pulling me back

To LOVE so primitive,

to LOVE at first,

to LOVE at last...

From womb to womb,

the space is hallowed ---

a slightly curved distance

between

What must be the sweetness of heaven

and what IS the salt of the earth...

Posted by Mara Hawks, REALTOR®, HOMES FOR SALE in Auburn Alabama Real Estate - Lee County on 05/11/2008 09:00 PM

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15 Comments on A grand Mother's Day

Hi Mary;

Happy mother's day to you and all, my mom is very special to me... I love her very much!

05/11/2008 09:24 PM

by Anthony Stokes-Pereira (Prudential Rand Realty)

Mara, through your pain about your own mother, I see in your words great courage about your being a mother and the cycle of life continuing on. I pray for nothing but happy days ahead for you.

05/11/2008 11:01 PM

by Gary Woltal - REALTOR® Dallas Ft. Worth (Keller Williams Realty)

Ahhhhhhh.... what a beautiful tribute.... Happy Mother's Day to you Mara! By the way... isn't it great being a grandparent?!

05/12/2008 12:47 AM

by Chuck Willman, Arizona Realtor®, ABR, TRC (Gentry Realty & Investments)

Mara....You are a grandmother??? How can someone who looks so young be a grandmother?? Boy you guys start young out there in Alabama!! Happy belated Mother's Day :)

05/12/2008 06:36 AM

by Bill Gassett Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate (RE/MAX Executive Realty)

Mara, that brought tears to this new mommy's eyes. Thank you for sharing with us!

05/13/2008 11:15 PM

by Kirsten Mohan - Seattle Real Estate (John L. Scott)

Mara, awesome post. I'm sorry for your loss of Mom. Hope your mothers day was a good one, Duane.

Thanks for sharing with the ThemThem Group.

05/14/2008 01:58 AM

by Duane Marlink, Rate A Home (Rate A Home)

Mara...Hope your Mothers Day was great. That was a very nice poem, Who cares if everything on here is Real Estate :) I have a question....you have your name and then Encinitas, Ca after it....did you live in Encinitas?

05/14/2008 02:08 AM

by Kathy McGraw ~ Calif Broker (CELLing Realty)

05/14/2008 02:08 AM

by Kathy McGraw ~ Calif Broker (CELLing Realty)

Anthony - thanks for sharing your sentiments here

Gary - thanks, as always, for your gentle presence...

Chuck - oh yes... and so different. It's like children can run your life, but a grandchild owns your heart...

Bill - awwwww... sometimes when I'm asked for my age, I honestly have to pull a calculator out of my purse... where WAS I for all this time?! Somedays, though, I pretend I'm a thousand years old & try to imagine thoughts of a thousand years... it can really put you in a different "zone" for dealing with day-to-day pressures and anxieties. (I also imagine my kids as little ones again -LOL! oh that was just perfect for me). That's me holding my baby girl on the left, and her, grown, with her baby boy of the right... thanks for your kind words ;-)

Kirsten - Congratulations new little mommy!!! You've begun the most incredible journey. May angels keep watch over you and your precious little one. (send a photo?!)

Duane - thanks for stopping by. (had a good mother's day... daughter prepared a picnic on a lake, then took me out in a canoe---- blown to the banks around the bend from the high winds... as I began to panic about the water moccasins, a 3-pound bass jumped in behind me while my daughter screamed & gave me such a start that I leaped forward & we nearly capsized. Poor bass kept flying about 2 feet into the air & slapping back down onto the metal boat, making this loud, banging, while I tried to re-position myself & not have a heart attack--- all while keeping a watch for the snakes & ordering my daughter to row-the heck-row!!! hahaha!) How truly pathetic!

Kathy - you're the best! My older daughter & grandson live in Encinitas, and I was visitng. My son graduates from Long Beach at the end of the month, so I'll get to visit everyone again. YEAH! I lived in LA area for @ 20 years... left in '94 (for CO, SF, SA, CO again, then, unbelieveably, here in AL!) I'm so happy about your new camera for mother's day. (I got a fish tale LOL!)

05/14/2008 07:49 AM

by Mara Hawks, REALTOR®, HOMES FOR SALE in Auburn Alabama Real Estate - Lee County (FIRST REALTY)

Mara- I lived in Encinitas for years, my sister still lives there, and my daughter and grandkids are now in Carlsbad.....see small world :) You sure are moving around a lot. I haven't lived in any other states as an Adult, just as a small child when my father was in the Military. How nice you will be coming back for such a memorable occasion......OK, so what is your fish tale LOL :)

05/14/2008 12:56 PM

by Kathy McGraw ~ Calif Broker (CELLing Realty)

Mara- Ok....I know the "fish tale" now...that is one heck of a story :) Are you sure you don't live in Texas LOL :)

05/15/2008 12:24 PM

by Kathy McGraw ~ Calif Broker (CELLing Realty)

Mara - These are beautiful words. I am including this post in the Family Ties recap today.

05/17/2008 07:54 PM

by Jason Crouch, Broker - Austin Texas Real Estate (Austin Texas Homes, LLC)

MARA, You are VERY CREATIVE! Being a Mother is wonderous and you have captured that in your poem.

05/18/2008 02:15 PM

by Marchel Peterson Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro ABR (Results Realty)

Mara, LROL on the Bass, that had to be quite a sight with you two ladies....

05/18/2008 02:54 PM

by Duane Marlink, Rate A Home (Rate A Home)

Mara how beautiful, and so is your new bundle of love! Enjoy, I know you will. Liz

05/22/2008 12:29 AM

by Liz Carter,Broker/Owner of Liz Carter & Team Realty, Katy TX (Houston) (Liz Carter & Team Realty-Top Realtor in Katy & Houston Texas)

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