Hello beautiful souls and for those of us in Australia it\u2019s Mother\u2019s Day. It also happens to be my own mother\u2019s birthday. This year will mark 15 years since she left this earthly plane. Like so many of us who have lost a mother, or who have been mothers and have lost a child, Mother\u2019s Day wherever we are in the world can be a challenging day. Similarly for those who long with all their hearts to be a mother but it never happened \u2026 it can be a reminder of something profound missing in life.
I wanted to reflect on my mum and her brother for a moment. Their mother died when they we young \u2013 my uncle was 3 and my mum was 5 when they were placed in an orphanage in Bridge of Weir in Scotland. They didn\u2019t receive the love and affection of a parent \u2013 even though they were \u201ccared for\u201d in the practical sense. In my quest to learn more about my mother\u2019s family, I also discovered her mother\u2019s mum died young too \u2026 the ripple effects of the \u201cunmothered\u201d has been significant in our family. So much in the way of core wounding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a mother myself, I swore my child would know love \u2013 and though I would have one child, instead of the twins I was pregnant with, or the 5 I wished for when I was younger, I love her fiercely. Like all mothers I\u2019ve made mistakes which in turn cause their own ripple effects \u2026 and that\u2019s the way it is. Our children have their journeys \u2013 and we are human. I realised my mother and her mother probably felt exactly the same. The difference is nowadays, my daughter and I decided together we would break the cycle – we\u2019d do the hard work to heal generations of the Mother Wound. That wound doesn\u2019t just impact women of course, and the tentacles of such core wounding reaches far and wide.
Part of healing that unmothered part of ourselves is to find that mother within. I often think of my mother and the love she did not receive. Had she received the unconditional love that was her birthright \u2013 how different her life may have been \u2013 and those who came after her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I found myself working with wool again the other day. I felt called to it in much the same way I hear the voice that tells me to write. It hasn\u2019t taken me long to learn I have to surrender to the process. The Spirit Doll that wants to come through will make itself known. At first, I thought she seemed like a dancer \u2013 unbridled and free \u2013 and then I felt a warm, loving maternal energy flow through me so my fingers went with it. She is wearing orange for creativity, joy and self-worth \u2013 corresponding to the sacral chakra.
Mother & Child are filled with Rose Petals and Moonstone for new beginnings and Jasmine for love, purity and divine connection. I sense she is connected to my Ancient Grandmother that came to me a week or so ago \u2026 and I realised here we have a mother and child with an ancient grandmother watching over them. The female line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are now on my altar \u2013 but I\u2019d like to dedicate this mother and child to my mother in the hope she feels the loving gaze of these mothers as they gaze at their child. I\u2019d like to dedicate this Mother & Child to all of you who question your relationship with your mother, were hurt by your mother \u2013 or are comforted by your relationship with your mother. We all have a different story to tell about our mothers and about our roles as a mother. If we can find that place in ourselves to love ourselves unconditionally, we will send that ripple effect back into the Universe and our unmothered mother\u2019s wounding may begin to heal.
Mother & child \u2013 New Beginnings is dedicated to all of you today. The message from the Spirit Doll is \u201cYou are Loved More than You Know\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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