To the Wind

Ode to my mother, Gloria 6/29/2007

To the Wind

Dear Mother

To the Wind

And Fly Free

To the Children

And Grass and Rocks and Trees

To the Wind

Dear Mother

To the Wind

I Spread my Arms

And Set You Free

My mother died the day before Mother’s Day, 2006. She was in the hospital for a week prior to passing. She was a woman who generally did whatever the hell she wanted. Back in her heyday, her wild and wooly youth, she was a rebel, a rowdy girl ahead of her time. She never accomplished anything earth shattering, or changed the lives of women to follow. She was; however, unapologetically herself, and...