On a Day That Is So Complicated (Mother’s Day 2022)

On a day that is so complicated

for so many,

I do not presume to understand

what it may mean

for you.

If you wish to tell me

I will listen

and I will try.

And if you don’t,

I will hold to my understanding

that answers are not easy,

that we do not always know

what may stir in the heart

and the mind and the soul

of another,

that it is not mine

to tell them what to think

and how to feel,

and that there is more

to this wide wonder of life

than my small mind can contain.

Wherever you are,

whatever you carry,

I wish you peace,

and I wish you comfort,

and I wish you love.

• Mother’s Day 2022