Hello friends!
I am currently sitting in my living room surrounded by boxes of my mother's material possessions. Part of me feels completely overwhelmed. Part of me feels sad. The last part of me feels somewhat at peace with having the things she wanted me to have so close. I am not sure I have posted about the title of "Mountain Momma" yet. So I wanted to share.
Mountain Momma was my mother's CB name. Yep...the redneck cell phones. LOL! She used to talk to my step-father on them when he got off work and was on his way home. When I was thinking of my next volume of poetry, that name stuck in my head and wouldn't let go. So, I named this volume of poetry after her CB name.
It is not extremely hard to see how much of my emotions go into my poetry. I have always felt a kind of release in writing poetry. In fact, one of the days after we learned she had cancer, she said "I want you to write a poem for my funeral, Sarah."
The words out of my mouth were "I already have." And I did. I wrote the poem "Unanswered" for her within 24 hours of knowing she would be leaving soon. Her other request of me was a crocheted rose for her hands. My only regret is that my poem wasn't read at her funeral. But I know she heard the words.
Tonight, I wanted to share that and the fact that Mountain Momma has an early release as an e-book on Amazon. I have the proof for the printed release on the way. That one should be available soon.
I am currently sitting in my living room surrounded by boxes of my mother's material possessions. Part of me feels completely overwhelmed. Part of me feels sad. The last part of me feels somewhat at peace with having the things she wanted me to have so close. I am not sure I have posted about the title of "Mountain Momma" yet. So I wanted to share.
Mountain Momma was my mother's CB name. Yep...the redneck cell phones. LOL! She used to talk to my step-father on them when he got off work and was on his way home. When I was thinking of my next volume of poetry, that name stuck in my head and wouldn't let go. So, I named this volume of poetry after her CB name.
It is not extremely hard to see how much of my emotions go into my poetry. I have always felt a kind of release in writing poetry. In fact, one of the days after we learned she had cancer, she said "I want you to write a poem for my funeral, Sarah."
The words out of my mouth were "I already have." And I did. I wrote the poem "Unanswered" for her within 24 hours of knowing she would be leaving soon. Her other request of me was a crocheted rose for her hands. My only regret is that my poem wasn't read at her funeral. But I know she heard the words.
Tonight, I wanted to share that and the fact that Mountain Momma has an early release as an e-book on Amazon. I have the proof for the printed release on the way. That one should be available soon.
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