
“What did you learn from your mom?”
The subject line of an email I received today.
My answer – “She loved me.”
What does that have to do with this context? I didn’t know she loved me. By doing the work I do, I dispelled the numbness that had been my life to get down to the love she had for me. I didn’t know it until that point. I lived in numbness and depression, my drug of choice. I thought she didn’t have time to know me, to love me, so I was unloved, unlovable. She died from childbirth issues when I was 9 days old. Now, I close my eyes, tilt my head to the left, and literally feel her, the energy of her, as I lay my head on her breast. I feel the love. I am loved. I was always loved.
It’s all a part of why I master my chosen craft. I feel again. I feel for others. I feel with others. My craft allows me to show love, to help others to feel how they naturally would feel without whatever is in the way. That’s why I master my chosen craft.
Thank you, mom.