Letting Go and New Beginnings: A Mother's Poetic Journey

by Margaret Dubay Mikus

Overview

International Book Award Finalist--E-Book Autobiography/ Biography/Memoir.
Global E-Books Honorable Mention--Parenting/ Family Non-Fiction

"Letting Go and New Beginnings: A Mother's Poetic Journey" is a compelling, personal story told through insightful, accessible poetry and evocative photographs in support of parents whose teens are leaving home. Intended to encourage family understanding, heal rifts, and ease the pain of separation, it gives voice to a swirling complexity of emotions. Sharing these sometimes funny, sometimes bittersweet poems may help family relationships grow closer, deeper, and richer. You may also become more aware of how your parents felt in letting you go.

"It's the story of loving and letting go, the bittersweet feeling all parents feel, all people feel when our cherished ones start to move on. I found the poems to be beautiful and timely-mirroring the transition I find myself in now-letting go, new beginnings. I also love how the imagery of the photographs expresses and compliments the intentions of the poems."
-Karen Gottlieb

"...very reflective and takes some of us back on our own journey, yet inspirational for those about to embark on the journey. There was a section 'to my daughter' that I clipped for my daughter to read. I also found myself laughing out loud as I read some parts. Well done!"
-Lena Dobbs-Johnson

"Margaret's poems are always personal, yet universal, in that any sensitive reader will be able to identify with the thoughts they embody ... lyrical ... concise and still as elaborate as prose .... This particular anthology focuses on letting go of your children 'when their hours are no longer woven into the fabric of your days.' [She] not just gives voice to feelings that are often repressed, but sincerely seeks to heal. Above all this is a labor of love from a...loving mother, adorned with words from the heart and simple photographs that complement the words beautifully. I highly recommend this book... to all sensitive readers who are working on letting go in any way."
-Pramod Uday

A Poem From "Letting Go and New Beginnings"

2/24/08

After You Left

Constantly
I am watching out for you.
Even when I am not watching,
I am watching.

I cannot say why this is true
or when it began,
it feels like forever
my love.

So do me a great favor
and become...not less carefree
nor less careless,
nor even more careful,

for being full of care
is not it exactly.
Be more aware of your choices,
more in tune with your inner wisdom.

For you are wise dear one.

And if I am selfish
and want you to stay with me
when it is clearly time to go,
forgive...

and go.
Call me when you arrive.
I will be waiting.

Margaret Dubay Mikus
(c) 2008

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011198793
Publisher:	Margaret Dubay Mikus
Publication date:	01/25/2011
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Margaret Dubay Mikus, Ph.D. is a poet, singer, healer, photographer, and story-teller. In 1982 she earned a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Chicago and headed for a promising career in molecular genetics research and teaching. Life had other plans for her and she embarked on a path of healing, growth, and spiritual re-connection. Following healing from multiple sclerosis in 1995 she had a creative awakening which led her to begin a poetic journal to "sing from the heart.". A year later she faced a breast cancer diagnosis. Her award-winning first book, "As Easy as Breathing: Reclaiming Power for Healing and Transformation," has supported many people in making positive life changes. Margaret met Stephen Mikus on the first day of an English class when they were students at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. They have been married since 1974 and have two grown children, Blake and Alexandra.