Hear Jim’s Red Clay Diary podcast: https://youtu.be/5amkVQU19zc
or read his transcript below:
MOTHERS-A-BILLION
It is impossible for me not to think about mothers every now and then.
My mother jump-started me and prepared me for leaving the nest and flying away to life and love and all the sadnesses and joys that followed. I still follow the flight path she structured.
It is impossible not to think about all the other mothers of the world, past, present, future.
Every kind of mother floats around in fond memory.
Motherless mothers
Mothers who lose their children
Mothers whose children have been taken from them
Mothers of mothers
Absentee mothers
Mysterious mothers
Mothers who are always there
Stepmothers
Foster mothers
Adoptive mothers
Adopted mothers-to-be
Mothers in name only
Clueless mothers
As-you-wish mothers
Clumsy mothers
Mothers we wish we had known better
Mothers we know only too well
Highfalutin’ mothers
Humble mothers
Welfare mothers
Imprisoned mothers
Hugging mothers
Distant and cool mothers
Dream mothers
Dreamy mothers
Mothers we would give anything to see again
Creative mothers
Mothers who do what they can do, just for us
Brilliant mothers
Caretaker mothers
Sacrificing mothers
Storybook mothers
Protective mothers
Hovering mothers
Biological mothers
Test-tube mothers
Guardian mothers
Only-in-their-imagination mothers
Good-pal mothers
Uplifting mothers
Grandmothers
Great grandmothers
Grand mothers
Foster mothers
Surrogate mothers
Stand-in mothers
Well-meaning mothers
Wanna-be mothers
To-be mothers
Brand-new mothers
Long-gone mothers
Faraway mothers
Gentle mothers
Good example mothers
Gay mothers
Straight mothers
Not-quite-sure mothers
Trans mothers
Black mothers
Brown mothers
Pale pink mothers
Mothers of all colors and stripes
Pasty complexioned mothers
Mothers we wish we had
Mothers we wish we had back
Men who fill in as mothers
Mothers on bail
Disenfranchised mothers
Hospitalized mothers
Mothers in nursing homes
Mothers who take the time
In a way, I love them all, these mothers. Mainly because we never appreciate them enough. Mainly because they never feel they give enough.
I just want these mothers to know that I thought about them for a few special moments, that I wish them well for all they’ve done or hope to do for us, their babies old and young
© Jim Reed 2020 A.D.