My Mother\u2019s Roots<\/p>\n
My Mother\u2019s Roots can be found in her boots.<\/p>\n
I remember her Black and Brown boots before the change.<\/p>\n
Her shirts were always tucked into her skin tight jeans held in place by numerous belt colors.<\/p>\n
I imagined her Black boots allowed her to navigate between worlds, the distant past, or the anticipated future.<\/p>\n
My mother controlled depression and anxiety until she was consumed by the present.<\/p>\n
Her Brown boots were more subtle and playful.<\/p>\n
She was grounded into the Earth, feeling deeply in a multidimensional space.<\/p>\n
My Mother\u2019s Roots can be found in her boots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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