While I knew the day would come and wrote this poem about it almost two decades ago, it still snuck up on me and threatens to do me in with its seeming suddenness. A few months back, the time came to set my bird free:O

It wasn’t so much a “setting her free” scenario really, but more like a fighting her about moving out, and then helping her find a decent new place when I saw how determined she was about it. I’m a Taurus, she’s a Scorpio…not sure you can get harder heads than that!

The last two decades have brought many trials and tribulations for us both, but we made it to this time where she started working (again), graduated from High School (woo hoo!), moved out with a friend into an apartment, AND started college! Luckily, she lives pretty close by😊 Mwah, ha, ha, ha! I had a hand in that…

So begin my empty nester days! I’m not gonna lie, it’s been kinda tough, but I tell myself now I will have more time to focus on this site, hopefully make her proud of her mama, and at some point make a living at it! I LOVE YOU ZOE🧡🦅

Sonnet for Zoë

Zoë means life, would mine ever be blessed

With a little babe, and her gift of love?

Months then years passed, ’til my little white dove

Emerged from below to suckle my breast.

From the beginning, my heart she caressed

Like the sun beaming down from above

I will never cease to be in awe of

The beauty she brings each day to our nest.

My little muse, she fills my mind’s eye

With wonder, the person she’ll grow to be.

I know our time will fly, begin to cry

Someday I must set my bird free.

But for now I teach her to fly high

And rejoice each time I hear, “Mommy.”