oh my mama

you know when you are blog hopping and hours later you have found the most beautiful blog but have no idea how you got there? that was me last night as I found aura joon. She led me to a beautiful song that I just had to share with you.

Oh my Mama

She gave me these feathered breaths

Oh my Mama
She told me use your voice,
My little bird

She said sing sing sing sing sing sing melodies
And she sang sang sang sang sang sang melodies

Oh my Mama
She did give me fancy feet
I'll be dancing on
And I'll tap tap tap my toes
Into those creaking floorboards

Oh my Mama
She took my little hand and held on tight
Oh the Mamas
Give the waters of their wells
Oh the Mamas
Give the babies this very dirt we're walking on
Oh my Mama
She gave me these feathered breaths
And your Mama
She gave you those feathered breaths too

And when the sky drops all those feathers
And when the birds sing in the morning
I'll be a mama
I'll have a daughter
I'll be a mama
I'll have a daughter

And I'll give her melodies
I'll give her melodies
(repeat)

And she'll be
My little bird
And then she'll fly
She'll fly

I love this song for oh, so many reasons. I love the idea that mother-daughter, mother-daughter is a cyclic relationship. My mom has taught me so many things that I hope and pray and hope and pray that I can pass onto Meredith. And I hope and pray and hope and pray that Meredith will have things from her upbringing that she will want to share with her own daughter. 

My mom has taught me to fly. To be my own person. To be a friend. To be a wife. To be a mother. And while right now the thought of my little bird taking off on her own shatters me to tears, I know that one day her ability to do so will be make me proud.