The poem describes the narrator having two mothers - her biological mother who raised her, and her grandmother who took on a motherly role as her actual mother's mind declined from dementia or Alzheimer's. It talks about cherishing both mothers, as the first launched her life and the second became like a child as their roles reversed at the end of her life. The poem advocates for loving both mothers as they each loved the narrator.
The poem describes the narrator having two mothers - her biological mother who raised her, and her grandmother who took on a motherly role as her actual mother's mind declined from dementia or Alzheimer's. It talks about cherishing both mothers, as the first launched her life and the second became like a child as their roles reversed at the end of her life. The poem advocates for loving both mothers as they each loved the narrator.
The poem describes the narrator having two mothers - her biological mother who raised her, and her grandmother who took on a motherly role as her actual mother's mind declined from dementia or Alzheimer's. It talks about cherishing both mothers, as the first launched her life and the second became like a child as their roles reversed at the end of her life. The poem advocates for loving both mothers as they each loved the narrator.
The poem describes the narrator having two mothers - her biological mother who raised her, and her grandmother who took on a motherly role as her actual mother's mind declined from dementia or Alzheimer's. It talks about cherishing both mothers, as the first launched her life and the second became like a child as their roles reversed at the end of her life. The poem advocates for loving both mothers as they each loved the narrator.