Mama Day Blessing for all kinds of mamas

Passing on the Wisdom: Painting by Shiloh Sophia 2009

A Blessing for All Kinds of Mamas

by Shiloh Sophia

This day we honor and celebrate

the mamas who have given life to us!

This is a blessing for all the women,

who are all different kinds of mamas

For those mamas to be,

cradling their expectant belly

For those today who are giving birth,

we send the strength of the circle of life

For the women who right now

are tilling fertile soil with new seed

This a blessing for those women

who tried so hard,

yet did not give birth to a child after all

For those who miscarried,

and those children we lost

we send love from our hearts to yours

For the women who died giving life

For women who chose consciously

not to have a child,

yet have mothered others

A blessing for the women in captivity,

and the women who are free,

yet still feel caged

For those who were mothered well

For those whose mamas

just didn’t know how

to raise you well enough

For those who had crazy mamas,

because any mama that did not love you well,

was not well enough

For the women who struggle

to care for their babies

For the women who right now

snuggle with little ones under feather comforters

For those who are having breakfast

made by their children

For those who are listening for the phone

For those whose mamas have gone on,

yet who are never gone from us

For those who are mamas way too young

For the women who can’t forgive themselves

for the babies the gave away, in one way or another,

may self forgiveness soften the hold on the past

For mamas who lost their babies too soon

who feel they can never be whole again,

to you, we send love beyond love

For those women who gave their mama love

to lovers, businesses, projects,

for you, to feel you are enough

even without having given birth

For those who wonder

if anyone will remember us when we are gone

For those who are mothering humanity

For single mamas who want a true mate,

who are working too hard for too little

For married mamas

who feel so blessed to be loved by another

For those who are coupled with partners

who do not see them in their fullness

For the mamas who, after giving birth

feel they lost their identity

For the mamas whose bodies changed so much

For those who never got to have a mama to hold them

For those who found their adopoted child

For those who found their birth mama,

and those, who did not, yet keep searching

For the foster mamas who give so much

to those they did not birth

For those whose children will not speak to them

For fairygod mamas, godmothers and godessmothers

For happy mamas whose children honor them

For sad mamas whose children just don’t know

For those who tried so hard

but still don’t feel like a good enough mama

For the mamas whose children struggle with

addiction, depression, divorce, danger

For those who are mamas of a creative lineage

All women today, we honor!

We unite in our love

for all of our quests for wholeness

connection, belonging, nurturing, healing

For Mama Earth, our home!

All life today, we celebrate!

Blessed Mother Life,

hear the prayers of your children this day

Open our hearts to hear

and our eyes to see

what you are speaking to us and through us

Give us your sound wisdom

For the Mama who gave birth to God,

we sing a hymn of praise!

For all beings who are in need re-mothering

For my birth mama and all those who mothered me

For all kinds of mothering not spoken,

for you….for you…for you Mama…

For our Foremothers from every land!

“I rejoiced in them all, because Wisdom is their leader,

though I had not known that She is their mother.”

~ Wisdom 7:12

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Mama and me dancing on my wedding night to Jonathan.

I just love the expressions on our faces. July 2014

Dear One,

I send you greetings today! However you are spending the day, I hope you will take some time to honor, your body, your mind, your spirit, your presence on earth. You got here because of your mama. And whether or not she is still here, spending some time pondering what made her life what it is, can be so grounding, and healing.

Recently someone asked me how I got to be who I am and what I am doing – my answer is: Love. Love from my mom, Caron McCloud. My mama, who I cherish beyond measure. The brilliant, the beautiful. If you want to spend some time with my mom, Caron today, here’s a talk and reading from my mom on beauty here, with an introduction and reading about Lenore Thomas Straus and how her words influenced Intentional Creativity© I also had so much love from the mother of my heart, Sue Hoya. She was always so excited to see me….and I miss that so much, how she said my name. I know I am so blessed to have two mamas. They treated me as a human being with creative capacity and something to say. For this, I am forever grateful.

The poem above is revised every year…I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to share and or cut and paste as you see appropriate.

Sending love to each of you…..