The Great Passing of The Torch

Magpie #49

"And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see - or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read."  ~Alice Walker 

They were the pillars that held it all together

from full plate to empty nest

they carried us through

in ice or fire's storm

and great depression's wake

holding a hidden strength

that needed no

light to grow

they the true

steel magnolias

never expected

a return for

their favor

for the

legacy of

a grandmother's

wisdom

cannot be

returned

only

swiftly

passed

down

to

the

grand

mothers

our

daughters

will

someday

be.

Also linking with One Shot Wednesday

....and to kill 3 birds with 1 stone...I am also sharing with lovely Emily

at Imperfect Prose