Kamál Academy

The earth, that first among good mothers, gives us the gift that we cannot provide ourselves.

I hadn't realized that I had come to the lake and said feed me, but my empty heart was fed.

I had a good mother.

She gives what we need without being asked.

I wonder if she gets tired, Old Mother Earth.

Or if she too is fed by the giving.
'Thanks,' 'I whispered, 'for all of this.'

~ Robin Wall Kimmerer, excerpt from "Braiding Sweetgrass"

Art by Tamara Adams Art