Savannah Lavenstein - Evergreen Healing

where hope lives- a mama poem ♥️

sometimes i try to remember
the sound of her heart from beneath it.
that’s how much i trust her, right?
her heart taught mine the rhythm.

but the work is so long,
sometimes months and years of trying.
so much longer than 9 months sharing a home and hope.
or 18 years
or 24 years
sometimes it’s 80 years of the holding

sometimes it’s a sentence to grief just as long.
since these bodies, brains, & worlds are forever changed by the chemistry of possibility of more life.

there has been so much more ‘mothering’ for my mama to do…
picking her adult child off the floor.
many times i didn’t recognize her.

there has been more learning for me. than 18 years.
waking up on the pavement, somewhere, in her arms,
my pulse coming back,
and my head on her heart, remembering.

i’m extra grateful for that, today.
for getting through it all (so far).
and for HER.

anyone on earth is a mother and their children.

this day is for the best heart-holder ever,
i’m so lucky i got to have this world with you @jamlav13

to all my mamas and anyone missing theirs, i love you ♥️ thank you for acknowledging the real heroes.

#mothersday #strongasamother #jhlife #wyhoming