mi madre

My Mom is here this weekend. Which prompted me to clean my apartment. I got to everything except the kitchen. i think there's a secret part of me that's hoping she does the dishes when she gets home. As much as that irritated me when i first moved out on my own, now that sort of cleaning and "helping out" is appreciated - even invited!

It is so wonderful to have her here. To hear her perspective on what I feel are my crises and to realize that things are not nearly so bad as i thought. In fact, that is the greatest gift of her being here right now: perspective.

She also told me that she has been meditating to "remove obstacles" for herself and for me and my three sisters. She wanted to give us fearlessness. And courage. To step forward into the unknown, to meet challenges head on, to know that while we are not indestructable we *are* more robust then we might think.