Comfort
This is what this picture signifies to me. It feels like I have put too much Nivea hand lotion on my hands and because I have nowhere to put the extra lotion, this concept has become slippery in my hands. I no longer know how to hold it, how to make it keep its shape, I am afraid of dropping it.
It even looks like I have utter blithe confidence about my life and my future and my mother has a slightly sorrowful, knowing look that no matter how much she may want to protect me, she knows better. She knows the future will bring hardships that I will simply have to face. But for now, she will love me and guide me and protect me - and with that she has given me the tools to face those future challenges.
But this picture, this is what I know comfort as. It reminds me of how it has been for me. How I always thought it was supposed to be. God, Nance - these pictures are freaking priceless. Thank you so much for this gift.
And now I know that this is not the only way that comfort can look. Now I know some of what my mother knows. And of course, I am the better for it. That's what my mother does for me. Everything she does for me and has done for me has made me better. She has made me worth being. Maybe that's the look in my eyes, too. I know what I've got is good. I know it's worth envying.
What I've got is good.
Comments
What we have is good, and it is going to stay good. Yes, Nancy, thank you for capturing these moments. They speak the truth to me, too.
Posted by: Ma | November 3, 2005 05:22 PM
Hi Mara,
I love this picture.
It is great to see two generations of women that love each other come together, makes me miss my mom.
Sjo
Posted by: sjona | November 5, 2005 09:21 PM
Hooray! My sister is coming home and I'm going to see her for the first time in over two years. Albeit, it isn't under the best of circumstances but in three weeks it will be:)
Posted by: Mendon | November 6, 2005 01:10 AM