Birth...Life...Death...the triune cycle we are pushed into...screaming naked while our buttocks are being slapped by strangers...holds many adventures, disappointments, lessons learned and lessons given.
I've often wondered what it would be like to actually remember the traumatic journey through the birth canal into this strange new world? I have heard of those who claim to do so. I guess it's possible?
On this day, my birthday, I seem to focus more on my mother's life and death, than my own day of birth. Today I turn 53...and I have lived 11 years longer than my mother did. See seemed so old and wise when she was 42 and I just 17. Now I realize how much life she missed and how hard it most of been to give up the ghost at such a young age.
So today, the best birthday present you could give, is to love your mother...if you're lucky enough to still have one. And if not, remember and cherish the woman who carried you inside her for 9 months (hopefully) and launched you towards your destiny!
Sir Hook the Life Cyclist of Warrick
Hey Brother Hook!
ReplyDeleteI want to wish you again a very belated birthday as life here has been frantic of late with work and of course Lady Traci's sudden job loss.
I can understand how you...and we...think of our lost parents each year we celebrate another year on this Earthly trip. We reflect on the lives of our parents.....did we learn anything from their lives? Will we follow the same or divergent paths?
Peace,
Brother Sir Richard