Made With Love From: Mom
It’s a simple sweater. Grey, knitted braids embedded in wool The sleeves are long and tattered from cross country adventures at dawn. They hang like bluebell flowers stretched apart. Not much to look at, but sewn in the back is a simple tag: “made with love from: mom” Painstakingly knitted by my grandmother’s arthritic hands, it was made with love for her son, my dad, and now It’s worn by me on days I’m feeling extra low Days when grief feels like a tidal wave, swallowing me into its deep waters This sweater opens a window to the past, a connection to those I can no longer see. When I put it on, it hugs me with its woollen arms, the musky smell reminding me of the days after, when I went through his things Picking, pilfering, postering: what to keep, what to donate. You see, some things cannot be replaced. Cannot be uploaded to the cloud or bought at a superstore Some things can only be made with love, from: mom.
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