My dear sweet child as you transition into adulthood

My dear sweet child as you transition into adulthood

My dear sweet child, the one who I have loved since before you were born, you have grown and moved out into the world.  I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to bring you into the world and to nurture you. All the way along there have been opportunities to experience separation, beginning with birth and the cutting of the umbilical cord, the transition from carrying you around and nursing, to your first steps and introduction to the delights of the bounty of nature, from intimate conversation in baby language, to your first words, from days and nights playing with you and holding you as you slept peacefully, to your first hours away from home in pre-school.  Over the years, cheering as you stretched your wings and crying when you suffered, the place you live in my heart has grown to encompass the whole earth, so we are connected wherever we are! Thank you for giving me a reason to keep my heart open!

And so as you transition into adulthood, I too transition to the state of 'empty nest' and as always, the answer is love; not imperfect human love, but the Divine love that melts all blockages and transforms all life.  Divine love that is available to each of us who seeks connection with the Divine.  May we each seek that connection in every moment that we may flourish and so shine Divine love out to all souls.

I love you.

mom