Dear Uraeus

This evening I am in Lancaster, Pennsylvania at Aunt Val's house. I was just downstairs and I was thinking about last summer when we were here and she taught you how to make pancakes. And you learned very well. I love you very much and am looking forward to seeing your perfect face soon.

Always always love,

Mom

Dear Uraeus

I celebrate you today
I celebrate your humor your beauty

I thank God for you
I thank God for guiding you along your path

God and His angles are always with you
Always camped around you as you sleep
As you travel
As you dream

Dream big son
Dream bigger than you know yourself to be

I am always dreaming with you

I love you dearly

Dear Uraeus

Every day I thank God for you
You are wonderfully made
Strong and beautiful
You are wise and witty
Handsome and glorious
You are kind and fun
Friendly and gentle
Powerful and meek

If you forget who are
Because sometimes we do
I will always remember

I will always love you
I will always see you
As the truth of
Who you are

Love,
Mom

Dear Uraeus, Happy Thanksgiving

I am thankful for my life and the people and things in it. Thankful for my family and friends. Thankful for my home, for food, shelter, thankful for peace. Uraeus, I am thankful for you. My favorite person.

Mom

Dear Uraeus

Happy birthday to the human spirit who has my heart. I love you dearly, Uraeus. Happy thriteenth birthday!

Dear Uraeus

I have words and letters, journals and stories, musings and monologues. Many of them. More than too many. They all belong to you.

Dear Uraeus

Just a week away from your birthday!

Love you,
Mom

Dear Uraeus

Tonight I performed at a poetry spot called The Sacred Lounge and before I started my set the host asked me what was sacred to me. You are. You are sacred to me.

Love you,
Mom

Dear Uraeus

Write it out. Write it all out. Everything that makes you laugh, hurt, cry, happy, write it out. Write it all out.

Mom

Dear Uraeus

Only call people friends who love, respect, honor, celebrate, cherish you. ALL OTHERS are just people you know.

Mom

Dear Uraeus #24

I love you. I thank God for you. I am always next to you. God is always next to you.

Mom

Dear Uraeus #23

A friend of mine told me last night not to be around people that didn't celebrate me. By celebrate, meaning honor, respect, value. This life can throw enough punches that we begin to believe that the blows are normal. We almost get used to it. They are not normal.

You are a growing young man and are beginning to see your own path. On your journey remember, be honored, be respected, be valued, or be out.

Mom

Dear Uraeus #22

There is a time to be quiet and a time to speak out. Wisdom is knowing the difference. When it is time to be quiet it takes strength to keep your mouth closed. When it is time to speak out it takes courage. You have them all.

Mom

Dear Uraeus #21

Use your voice. I don't care if you are right or wrong. I don't really know what that is anyway. I care that you have an opinion that is yours and that you will say it. Words matter. Use your powers for good.

Mom

Dear Uraeus #20

Be still and know.
Breathe.
Be.

Mom

Dear Uraeus #19

All ways loving you.

Mom

Dear Uraeus #18

I am thankful
for you
for your strength
for your wisdom and humor beyond your years
because you are a warrior
for your freedom
for your depth
for your love
because God lives in you

I speak with the ancestors about you
The spirits are in love with you too
Grandmother Omega laughs with you in your sleep
Grandfather Therman plays chess with you
Grandmother Georgia Bell sings to you
Grandpa Richard walks to school with you
Uncle Bubba guides you at the crossroads
Aunt Mary dances with you

The angels are always camped around you
God is always with you

Today I wish you love and laughter
Silliness with security
I wish you the wisdom to know time and place for fun and work
Feel the fingers of all of us who love you massaging your shoulders
Know that you are loved
Know that you are love

Mom

Dear Uraeus #17 Stream of Consciousness

because you are always all ways on my mind/ loving you/ keep tapping into your destiny/ keep minding your mind/ keep finding your center/ remember to breathe/ breathe/ connect and keep reconnecting yourself to yourself/ your power/ love/ remember to love/ remember to love when you forget/ when you forget to love/ because you are always on my mind/ reconnect yourself to your peace/ they/ they/ the nameless faceless theys will try to knock you off your peace because they cannot find their own/ your peace/ your peace/ your peace piece of this pie/ piece of this world/ this love/ dont mind me/ i am just working/ loving/ thinking/ all the time thinking about you/ freeing my mind/ this is how i center myself/ through prayer/ through love/ through writing/ poems/ letters/ to you/ you/ always you/ this stream of consciousness writing/ about you/ about you/ just letting my thoughts pour/ about you/ your smile/ your voice/ my son/ my sun/ my love/ light/ warrior/ champion/ freedom/ brightness/ about you/ letting my thoughts pour/ they/ they/ the nameless faceless theys will whisper what they whisper because they are afraid/ afraid/ to speak out loud/ out loud/ and you know i love you and that is whats important/ what you know/ what you know/ what you and i hold together in our hearts/ together/ one/ heart/ beating/ knowing/ loving/ mother/ son/ family/ freedom/

Dear Uraeus #16

As a mother, I have tried to find the words to carry you through puberty and sustain you throughout your adulthood. I have read books, my journals, searched my prayers, my veins, the ancestor's songs. But in the end there is only one...BREATHE.

Love, Mom

Dear Uraeus #15

When you've done all you can do, pray, listen and take the next easy step. There is never a moment that God is not completely aware of where you are. There is no place you can be that God is not. God is a force that exists within you always. Keep connecting. Keep connecting. To God.