I practice on my mother’s purple yoga mat. It reminds me of her spirit, how she fell in love with purple just before her ALS diagnosis, obsessed with purple, as if the universe was preparing her for what was to come. She chose a purple front door for the house, painted terracotta flower pots purple on the porch, found a metal bird...
Fantastic writing, Martha. May your mother’s memory be a blessing. My only ALS knowledge is by editing a book about it and it scared me. Sending light.
Oh Martha. Beautiful. thank you for sharing. I see your mom …. And my own …. Minutes into their 60’s just beginning to enjoy life after raising kids - And that terrible disease ravaging them, taking them so damn quickly from us … You brought tears from the depths of so many years - almost 40 now - without her.
I looked for purple everywhere I went today -- thinking of you and your mom.
Fantastic writing, Martha. May your mother’s memory be a blessing. My only ALS knowledge is by editing a book about it and it scared me. Sending light.
Oh Martha. Beautiful. thank you for sharing. I see your mom …. And my own …. Minutes into their 60’s just beginning to enjoy life after raising kids - And that terrible disease ravaging them, taking them so damn quickly from us … You brought tears from the depths of so many years - almost 40 now - without her.