A few years ago between waking and sleeping I had a vision of my mom. 🌙✨🌙✨
I think about it often.
She was sitting Indian style by a river and in a circle around her were all of the people in her life. We all were holding strings that we had attached to her beautiful floral dress. Like Dorothy (happens to be her mama’s name) in the wizard of oz, she was giving us each what we needed in that moment to take next steps.
For some it was a tangible things like a blanket to keep warm; food to be sustained. She would reach down and it would just appear.
It was magical, like her.

✨🌙✨🌙 After everyone else received their needs, I just stood looking at her. She didn’t reach down for anything. I waited. I began to wonder “what is it that I need in this moment”? And before I could ask, she stood and wrapped her arms around me in an embrace. I laid my head on her shoulder as the energy of the hug infused me as only a mother’s hug can do. I walked away with tears in my eyes and courage in my heart. 🌙✨🌙✨
To know my mother is to know that whatever she has around her and within her will be shared. ❤️ She gives the kind of hug that heals you.

She makes loving like this seem effortless. And it’s not lost on me how special it is to be her daughter. We have so much fun together.

I have memories of her staying the night by my side when I was sick and scared. She always tried to research health and make changes(before the internet). She cooked wonderful meals each night and always made it look easy! She soothed my tears and always encouraged me. She made shopping the most fun excursion ever! The list of memories and goodness just keeps flooding my mind.

To anyone today feeling sadness, my heart goes out to you. May you be comforted with the knowledge that you can BE for someone else what you desire. You are so loved.

Happy Mother’s Day to my life-giving, goddess momma Shirley Jones Humphries