Our Mothers are the Earth

This is an old piece I wrote and felt to share it here...

Firstly I would like to offer a prayer of thankfulness; To acknowledge the gift of another day, offering us all the opportunity to feel the love of Creation and to send our love back upon the four winds. To feel the Earth beneath our feet and thank our Grandmother, Mother Earth for all that she gives.

Imagine a mother who holds her children so close in her heart. Nothing but love is in everything she does. The food she cooks; the nurturing of the home as the place that shelters her children when they sleep, hurt, or play.

Imagine her children beginning to take her love for granted, disrespecting the home, taking from it all and giving nothing back. They start to ignore their mother's words, distancing themselves and forgetting to tell her they love her. They never offer a hug or words of warmth. They begin to talk back and put her down, even raise their voices and fists – slamming doors and entering the home drunk, high, and bringing discord and violence into the safety the home was nurtured to be.

Imagine the father, loud and abusive towards the mother. Disrespecting the home with no concern but his own needs. What does he do to influence the children?

Can we still expect the mother to sit quietly and allow herself to be abused? To have her love taken and thrown aside, showing no compassion or love towards her?

Would we blame her if her heart breaks and feels to let go? No matter the love she still holds for her children because now all it causes is a deep pain and tears; wounds that cannot heal.

Could we still demand she remain or would we understand her heart is beyond saving?

Is it when she finally lets go and leaves all behind that we realize the emptiness of life without her. The extinction of a love that was far greater than we can muster.

It is a woman who carries the growing generations to come. It is the mother's milk that feeds us and her love,the first love, that holds us when we are hurt; allows us to grow safe from harm into the individuals we are.

Now realize that this is the story of our Grandmother, Mother Earth as well. We are all her children, we all belong to her and she refuses no one her love and shelter. If we allow her love to fade and continue to allow her body to be raped can we expect anything else but her leaving?

As her children we must know that we cannot divide her up and love just one part, she is whole, as are we. All of her is sacred.

If she does leave, I ask you to acknowledge deep within your hearts that nothing else matters. There is no life if our Grandmother, Mother Earth dies. All life will follow. That is a truth we cannot deny.

As we are towards our women, and as women are back, that is a reflection of the path the human race is walking and creating.

We can change; we can embrace our Mothers, Grandmothers, Sisters, Daughters, and Wives. We can realize that to love is not a weakness but the truest strength. We are all in this together.

Two-leggeds, once walked with Mother Earth as one – Can we afford not to?