Poet. World traveller. Moved from England to Cambodia. Might stay there. Not sure. You can read more of Saarah's writing at eastwest_nomad

Poet. World traveller. Moved from England to Cambodia. Might stay there. Not sure. You can read more of Saarah's writing at eastwest_nomad
my mother’s garden was hidden tended to when no one was looking watered with her tears and filled with flowers she kept safe from the cruelty of life she loved her garden where birds sang and beauty was everywhere but I never saw it fully just a glimpse now and then when she laughed or smiled … Continue reading In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens – Georgiann Carlson
You can read more of Lesley's writing at WorthyWrites
I won’t go in search of my Mother’s garden I already know what I’ll find there flowers struggling to survive amid the stranglehold of weeds flowers watered with her tears and fed with her broken heart the sun blocked by my father who never once thought of anyone but himself cheating every chance he got … Continue reading In Search of My Mother’s Garden – Georgiann Carlson
Most of my ‘mom’ memories: Reading in the garden. Attacking dandelions with a Valkurie’s fury, a tool she loved just for that. Every house she lived in she planted gardens. Annual mulch ceremony, Burlap sacks of cocoa hulls or ground corncobs in a redolent heap. My dad hoisted one into her cart. As days passed … Continue reading In Search of My Mother’s Gardens – Rachael Ikins
life began protected in our mother's gardens and as time would have we ventured forth nurtured by dreams of butter cups and lady slippers carried like winged seeds on a breeze in search of the meadows but no one spoke of garden walls and the weeds deeply rooted in our society that bloodied our hands … Continue reading Behind Garden Walls – Heather Carr-Rowe