“ME: I miss my mother sometimes. Really bad.

OLD WOMAN: Maybe try missing her really well.

ME: How do I do that?

OLD WOMAN: See that sunrise? See how beautiful the colours are? How clear and clean the air feels? How good it feels inside of you?

ME: Yes. It’s wonderful.

OLD WOMAN: She lives in that. So maybe just say, “Thanks, Mom” when you see and feel things like that.

…

I miss my mother really well now.”

from Richard Wagamese in Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditation

To all mothers and children of mothers, may this day bring you peace.