The seasons of my mother: a memoir of love, family, and flowers

My mother is a brightly ribboned maypole

My mother is a crescent moon

My mother holds me like Mary holds Jesus

My mother flies with Superwoman

My mother is an orange hibiscus in a brown coffee cup

My mother is a silver-wrapped piece of Wriggley's Spearmint chewing gum

My mother is an Easter Bunny in a white confectioner's egg

My mother is a chrysanthemum firework exploding in the sky

My mother is a bottle of extra virgin olive oil

My mother is a driftwood ballerina

My mother is a star navigator

My mother is the Sugar Plum Fairy.