“Through My Mother’s Eyes, On Mother’s Day” By Denny C.

          

           Being that Sunday was Mother’s Day, I often wonder what was going in front of my mother’s eyes and her mind.  One of the things I have always wondered from time to time was how hard it must have been for my mother.  Even at this time, I being a man cannot even begin to understand what goes on in the heart of a mother, when she has been told, her child is not expected to live, or if they live, they will never be the same, let alone an adult.  This is what my mother was told just days before Mother’s Day.

  I wrote all of that to say this, Momma; I wish my severe injuries could be taken away from your memories!  What we, who have been injured might not understand, is the hard ship it places on those who love us.  Now let us think about our mothers who gave birth to us, and has all the memories of when we first said mommy, first cut our first tooth, first haircut, first day going to school, first day we drive a car on our own, first day we leave home to start our days as an adult!

My mother had to see me learn to talk again, start to remember and grow back to the age I was at that time.  Seriously, I had become that little 2-year-old, then recover slowly, mentally to a 33 year old.  While there is to be much, much more in my blog about my recovery, my mother will always have a special place in my heart. She had to endure many a sleepless night while I recovered from nearly dying, due to a severe brain injury.  Then to endure  his recovery but his marriage of that day where many lies where spread about him, that through time proved to be false but also caused a great stress in her soul.

The following excerpt from one of the most wonderful poems by Maggie Pittman , titled “Her Hands” sum up my love for my mother, thanks momma!

Her hands held me gently from the day I took my first breath.
Her hands helped to guide me as I took my first step.
Her hands held me close when the tears would start to fall.
Her hands were quick to show me that she would take care of it all.