a mother’s love
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This Must Be What Heaven Is Like…
written late July 2023 In the days leading up to my son’s birthday, I was feeling jumbled up inside. Not because my son is turning 3 or that old saying, “don’t blink!” but because there was so much sorrow and so much loss surrounding those days. Not to me directly, but for those I love… Continue reading
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Motherhood Is Like July & August
The July Garden, 2023 In the same month, the sunflowers began blooming and the “firework” flower showed its face, we also had a rattlesnake slithering near our front door and another one coiled and rattling loudly in the flowerbed. While Heidi’s rose grows tall in a way it never has before (it’s like it knows… Continue reading
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What Does Love Feel Like?
When the question was posed, “What does love feel like?”—all I could think was it feels like seeing a cool bird and wanting to tell him about it. A few weeks later, I would listen to my son sing his own original song, Honeybird. I made up a few verses which made his world. And… Continue reading
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“Mom, I’m Flying!” (Me too)
When the delicious iced coffee tastes more watery than it began, it may mean your little girl is a water baby and you took her with you out to the lake shallows to laugh and play. You may find yourself in the sandbox watching your little boy planting “zinnias” as grains of sand slip through… Continue reading
Sierra V. Fedorko 