Mothership

For the past few weeks, my attention has been turned toward my daughter, going through a difficult breakup. This situation called for all my love and concentration. My existence was synched to her needs. To listen mostly. To sigh with her. To hold her. And then some guiding. But she found her own way most of the time.

Funny how life works sometimes. I was facing something that seemed overwhelming. It took up so much space in my mind. It was so big, I didn't know where to begin. But this little hiatus from myself gave me some distance and actually may have helped. I'm still overwhelmed but in a quite different way. Of course, I would have preferred not to see my daughter get hurt. But being the Mothership in such a beautiful way did me much good. I discovered in my daughter a wonderfully strong young woman, and the strength of our relationship was once again confirmed.

The journey has been long. But I have done good.

PHOTO : Mia, sculpture by Renée Bolduc (detail). One of my three sculptures by this artist. If it was up to me, I'd have one in every room of the house !