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Roses, Ceres, Dreams, & Mothering Day

MAY 9, 2010

This time of year...
our Cecil Brunner roses are a fountain of glory...

Every year
I make a nosegay of them for my mother...

Now,
more than ever,
I am so appreciative to be able to place them
into her loving hands...
This morning I wake to this dream...
they type of dream that will not let me forget...

_I dream_
_that you are all lost in an instant… _
_A car wreck_
_ and the three of you,_
_my family,_
_are no more…_
_Devastation tilts my world_
_ this emptiness so huge,_
_that if I can only_
_step inside its largeness…_
_then I will be in the womb_
_of the great mother of all…_
_This yawning cavern of grief,_
_this darkness all consuming_
_is in itself_
_a pinprick of light_
_where I stand alone_
_surrounded by a space so infinite_
_no words can carve out_
_a crevice for me to crawl beneath,_
_on top of,_
_or further in…_
_Where are you Ceres on this day of mothering???_
_I cannot be Persephone_
_for I am too old…_
_time has taken me places_
_ I never imagined_
_and I feel the waning of my_
_chance to be mother_
_and the shrinking of my womb_
_as I watch the lines on my face_
_deepen,_
_moving me ever closer to the precipice of death… _
_I wake this morning_
_to these musings…_
_My father, sister, and mother are truly here…_
_but the landscape has changed_
_and raindrops and rays of light_
_fill the palms of my_
_upturned and empty hands… _
_I turn and step into _
_mothering this new-found space_
_inside..._

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By Lea Goode-Harris • 05 Aug, 2023

Sometimes... a labyrinth can take years to become a physical reality. In 2018 I met with my friend Deb, to discuss her desire to have a labyrinth on the beautiful land she lives on. Despite our plans and several meetings, listening to the land and finding the right spot, the labyrinth did not come to fruition. Fast-forward five years and in the blink of an eye... it happened!