To Our Mothers' Mothers' Mothers'

I know Mother's Day was yesterday, so technically, I'm late, as usual- slower than molasses in January, as my Mammaw would say.  But I don't suppose it much matters, since technically, all of these women have passed on, except Mammaw, who I visited yesterday.

I want to send a message of gratitude back through time, to my Mother,

Bonnie Lou Creech Davidson (I love you, Mom; I miss you.);

to her mother,

Nellie Pearl Wilder Creech, now age 94;

to my paternal grandmother,

Olive Rebecca Hunt Davidson;

to my great-grandmother,

Juliet Bracelin Davidson;

to my great-grandmother,

Aldora Thompson Hunt;

and to all the others who came before.  For everything you did to nurture the lives that were in your care, for all the love given, and for being the vessels of my incarnation,

I am grateful.