Up...up and away...

I watched a vlog the other day...i like vlogs!

A mama and her girl...

The first day of school...

Most mothers know...

The bitter-sweetness of it all...all of the time!

Anyway the video is put to music...a song i've never heard...

the words go...

"it's the time... to cut you loose..."

It's a lovely song... well picked...

But what really struck me as i watched it...

was that it's actually the time to cut the mama loose...
like...

what if the cut is to the mama most...

the both of them...

one from the other...

We always think about the umbilical cord being cut...and the baby is free...

But what if it's more like...cut the cord and the mama is loosened from her child...
that 'first cut is the deepest'...there is blood and tissue involved here...
we feel as if it's the beginning ['the first time ever i saw your face'...kind of moment]
but it's really the beginning of the end...
but remember...

 endings always bring new beginnings with them...
it a rule!

After that... it's a slippery slope from that moment on though...

The baby is always growing up... up and away...
slowly gently uncurling...the air gets in between...
things need sunlight to begin to grow...and grow fast they do...

Seriously
you'll just blink!...

a never ending separating...
a pulling apart...
a becoming undone and redone...
over and over and over...
forever...

And the mother bears the brunt of this...
the child was made for just such a season as this one...
the mother heart was not.

But mothers are built strong...
weathered and seasoned by
time...storms...smiles and tears... 

And what of the bitter-sweetness....?
yes by that too...

For it becomes a sometimes loud - sometimes quiet...
 ever constant... companion...
 to any mother worth her salt...  on this epic journey of motherhood.

 It hurts when your children grow up and away...
they have 'growing pains' in their bones...
but mothers have them in their hearts...

and that is as it should be
but it still hurts...and sore is sore!

Post Script
'The first cut is the deepest' a song by Sheryl Crow
'The first time ever i saw your face' a song by Roberta Flack

The song in the vlog...i'm not sure...i didn't have any luck trying to find out.
The vlog was by 'Sam and Nia'