Naleighna Kai's Literary Cafe Magazine May - Mother's Day Issue | Page 15

I remember feeling very different as a woman when my first daughter was born. On the other hand, I also kind of “winged” the whole process. My body transformed and it seemed as though my soul had been turned upside down. This feeling of an all-consuming unconditional love came over me. I felt that was the closest to love I would ever feel. My heart sang, yet, I did not understand my influence and the impact I would make on these lives I had given birth to. All the unhealed spaces in my heart, mind, and soul that I needed to honor and send love into, were the furthest thoughts from my mind. I didn’t understand the magic of the healing presence of a true Divine Mother. As I honor the Divine Mother today and every day, I am so grateful that I now understand and walk in this truth. live the kind of life that inspires others and especially the children who are watching and learning from us. When we harness our energy, we are confident, clear, and bring one-hundred percent of ourselves to every aspect of our lives. This element is what provides our creative flow, unconditional love, pleasure, passion, and wisdom. When we, as women, claim our Divine Mother energy, we live in joyful self-acceptance, self-respect, and listen to our innermost knowing. We become the walking embodiment of love and that heals everything and everyone around us just by being our Divine Self. Anastasia McAdoo, I am grateful for you allowing your body to be the vehicle that brought me to the earth; the Divine Spirit who created me; the essence of me that magnifies the energy of love. I am because you were. There is an unspeakable power in being Today I dedicate this article to the Divine a mother. There is even more power in Mother energy in you. Thank you, mom. I being an awakened mother who has love you. done the work to heal her own wounds so they won’t carry to the child within and even further when that child comes into the world. Healing the wounds of my mind, the wounds of my heart, and the wounds of my womb became of the utmost importance. It is something that I encourage in others no matter what stage of motherhood they are in. That Divine Mother energy is our power; it provides the focus, dedication, purpose, determination to