Mother's Day Musing

"Happy Mother's Day!"

I just got done drinking green tea, and as usual, when I drink tea I always have the urge to go to the bathroom more than usual. As I was rushing to the bathroom, my niece told me "Happy Mother's Day".
I don't have children, I'm not a mother to a child.
I brushed it off instantly as the ramblings of a child and sat on the toilet and went about my business.
I have not given birth to a human, but I sure have given birth to a number of other things in my life so far...geez, kids are a lot smarter than the world gives them credit for.

As women, we have a very large and natural compacity for creating or "birthing". We can quite literally create life in the form of babies, but we also can create and give physical form to so many other things through the realms unseen, from the depths of our higher self, from an emotional space, and from the yearning we experience.
We birth dance.
We birth a business.
We birth art.
We birth a way of life.
We birth goods and services.
We birth plants.
We birth new terms to describe our place in the world.
We birth books.
We birth internet platforms.
We birth knits and crochet,
We birth DIYs.
We birth recipes and meals.
We birth music.
We birth poems,
We birth feeling,
We birth true unconditional love,
We birth compassion where there is none,
We birth our desires and manifestations,
We birth,
We birth,
We birth,

There is literally no limit to how much a woman can birth into this plane of existence, and into the planes beyond this one with a simple thought or desire. Those who give birth, are mothers in their own right.
Yes, this day is a day to honor the women who gave birth to another human being. That shall never be washed over, for giving birth to a human is a most sacred act and sacrifice. But, let's keep in mind that this should be a day for women everywhere who birthed something to give themselves a pat on the back and remember all the wondrous things they created for themselves or for others.

Self expression is a great and mighty feet, a feet women don't give themselves enough credit for. So many people in this world struggle with any form of expression, from the littlest things such as simply writing down their thoughts or feelings in a journal for their eyes only, to the large ones such as making their own platform or business, or even bigger such as finding their voice and speaking from a place of personal power.
Self expression is an act of bravery- one that women excel at and do unconsciously.

Give yourselves credit on this day, be proud of yourself, and give yourself one hell of a high five.
Three mighty and sacred cheers to the mothers and creatrixs of the world!

You birthed something into this world.
That is a gift all in itself.
Don't forget that.

P.S. let's take a second to break down the symbolism of Mother's Day. Mother's Day is May 13, May starts off with Beltane (May 1st) a pagan holiday celebrating the sexuality, full bloom of life, fertility, life restoring to the earth, and a central fire festival. 13 is the number of moons in the moon cycle of a year, and the moon is deeply linked to the menstrual cycle of women, thus making 13 a feminine number.  Thus, this day is interlinked to the primal sexual energy, fertility, life bringing, and the feminine essence of women. Cheers!

XoXo, Erytheia

Erytheia Medea©

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