Hey everyone and welcome to this week's Motherkind moment. Thank you for being here. Thank you so much for pressing that little play button. This is your place on a Monday for calm connection and maybe even a shift in perspective before the crazy week ahead. Something a bit different this

week. It is with the poet, Jessica Ehrlich, and this is actually her reading one of her favorite

poems. And I love this because it reminds me of what is really important. It is so easy, isn't it, to get lost in

all the things that at the end of the day don't really matter. So this is a bit of an invitation

to release some of that pressure that you might be putting on yourself and just come back

to what's really important to you. Here it is.

Dear Mama, I don't remember if our house was big or small or if we rented or owned.

I don't remember if you had a fancy car

or if we had to take the bus.

I don't remember if the house was clean and tidy

or if it was covered in washing piles and scattered toys.

I don't remember if my pram was new or secondhand. I don't remember if my pram was new or secondhand, or if I had the latest new toy or designer clothes. I don't remember

if you were dressed up or if your face was bare. It always looked perfect to me. I don't remember

if you had a lot of money or whether you lived paycheck to paycheck.

I don't remember if we went out every day or went on expensive holidays.

I don't remember how sometimes you got angry or cried or had to walk out of the room to take a

breath. I don't remember a schedule, a checklist or any expectations other than just you. What I do

remember is feeling safe. I remember your comfort and how you kept me warm. I remember your

face above me when I cried for you. I remember how you would feed me when I was hungry or tired

or in pain. I remember your smell and how it would send me off to

sleep, sometimes at 2 a.m., then again at 4 a.m. I remember your smile. It was the first reason I smiled.

I remember how you played with me and got down on the ground with me before I could get up.

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