Remembering my Mothers
My life began
with one mom,
The centre of
my life,
The one who
nurtured, fed and clothed me.
Others became
mother-like
As I matured
with need.
Their
influences nurtured my ego, guided me.
Mother
influences came and went
As time
passed and needs changed.
Although
brief in passing, they nurtured me.
One by one
the mothers departed,
As age
overtook them and me,
Until even my
mom left me.
I see her out
the corner of my eye.
I hear her
voice, her laugh.
I see things
I want to share, to nurture her.
But mom is
gone, replaced by,
Sister-like
friends who stand in her shoes,
They’ve
become the mothers who guide me.
I remember my
mom with love,
And all the
mothers who have guided,
And continue
to guide, me.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO EACH OF YOU!
Jerena Tobiasen - award-winning author of The Prophecy, a 3-volume, historical fiction saga including The Crest, The Emerald, and The Destiny - lives in Vancouver, Canada. Jerena's latest novel - Tsarina's Jewels - is sister to Tsarina's Crown, and the second novel in her latest adventure: The Nightingale and Sparrow Chronicles.
Jerena embellishes her writing by travelling to foreign lands, visiting museums and libraries, conducting interviews, and travelling in the footsteps of her characters. Her experiences and discoveries enrich the authenticity of the historical fiction she crafts. Jerena has travelled extensively throughout the United Kingdom, France, southern Europe, the Mediterranean, northern Africa, Russia, Scandinavia and the Arctic, including Iceland and Greenland, collecting data for The Nightingale and Sparrow Chronicles. Jerena also writes short stories, poetry, travel commentaries and an assortment of other writings some of which can be found on her website.
Jerena
is a member of The Writers' Union of Canada, the Canadian Authors Association,
the Federation of BC Writers, the Royal City Literary Arts Society and The
Royal Canadian Legion.
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