Speaker 1: Hey, thanks for being a part of the conversation. This
is Forest Stories. I'm the Poet in the Forest, a
children's series that I pinned out in the nineteen nineties. Now,
none of it would be possible if it wasn't for
this forest right here in South Arlotte, North Carolina. I
talk about it so much that I thought, maybe it's
time that you get to know what has inspired me
for thirty years. Thanks for being a part of the conversation.
Welcome back to the Forest Mother's Day. My mother came
to this forest only one time during her years of
several several several miles of so many multiple things that
go on in a person's life. She spent three days
with us inside this forest.
Speaker 2: I think one of the things that really kind of
caught me off guard was how much she would step
outside and just stare into the trees, the slow moving
stream twenty three feet above the forest floor, and she
would just sit there and just take it all in. Now,
my mother was a very spiritual mom and praise the
Word of God because my father was the opposite direction,
you know, opposite stew attract So my mom would just
sit out there and I often felt like that she
understood why it is that I sit in my writing
chair every single day and stare into the same trees,
the same slow moving stream that's headed to a beautiful lake.
But Mom was in this forest, and I got to
tell you, she's still here. She's still here in so
many different ways. And that's one thing that people don't
understand that about the everyday world. Just because you may
not be here physically doesn't mean that you're not here spiritually.
And so on this Mother's Day, as I walk through
this forest, of course, I've got memories of her unbelievable
singing voice, her piano playing, and her just sitting twenty
three feet above the forest floor and just looking at
all of those trees and that slow moving stream. Mother's
Day a time to not only honor those that brought
you into the world, but basically to look at your
own life and say, what are you bringing to those
that are in your present place of right now? This
forest is what I'm bringing to you, the idea that
you can be anywhere in the world and have that
one place that you will hold on to forever. Thanks
for being a part of the conversation.