I think Mother’s Day is a complex day for many people.  People who are separated from their mother…either by death or distance or disagreement.  People who are longing to become a mother … or a father.  People who never knew their mother.  Or finally found and got to know a mother…who never really wanted them in the first place.  And people who love being mom … and dad … and due to the death of a beloved child (regardelss of the age) … are not quite certain anymore exactly where they fall into the definition of mother … or father.

 

Mother’s Day can be complex. 

 

My own mother is still very much alive.  And I am grateful for that.

 

I was the helpless, unprepared, broken husband - standing by as my wife Trici grieved and mourned the loss of our first born, our 18-month-old daughter Erin in 1990…while I grieved and mourned our loss as well.

 

And I was the broken, not-quite-as-helpless, not-quite-as-unprepared father who carried my sons, 3-year-old Sean and 7-year-old Rory, when their mother Trici died in 1999.

 

And by 2005, I had become the mother/father who discovered the real depth of  “A Mother’s Love” as I accompanied my 13-year-old-son, Rory on a 6-month journey that “ended” with his death on February 22, 2005.

 

So, today, I share an audio message with you.  It’s about 14 minutes long.  I hope you will take the time to settle in, grab a cup of coffee, and “be” with the words … and feel the feelings that the words bring up in you…

 

If you find value in this message … if it resonates with you … I hope you will share it with others on your email list by inviting them to visit this site and listen themselves.

 

And today, I hope you have a moment or two of peace, of connection, of remembering… I hope, for a moment or two, you feel “a mother’s love,” an open-armed, room-for-all, comforting, encompassing, accepting, nurturing, compassionate, kind, loving mother’s love…for yourself…and for all creatures on this earth.