Gabrielle Gassin
A mother’s musings on life
Category: Motherhood
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The birds this morning, On one side of home Sing – Their tune saccharine Layered upon the quiet of dawn The stillness of which Is startling And inside, The children sleep With luck; Their mother cajoled Into belief, that Today – we can begin again the composure of first light Captured, held close, and Used,…
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Mixed feelings are implicated in the commencification of school holidays. A time where one is grateful to be freed from the cage of school hours; each new dawn contains unlimited minutes, it seems, as we are no longer bound by an 8:50 start and a 3pm finish, with a circumscribed constraint of half an hour…
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Spindles do not spin When they are interrupted – The walls mumbling Bush creatures creeping, Little feet moving hurriedly down the hall Oblivious to the stomping underway As the mind is carried far From the dreams that have taunted His young mind Un-freed from adult things Happenings stained with sadness Unnecessary – not present in…
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Tiny black boots affixed to candy cane legs Rosy cheeks fat with elfin collagen A Santa hat, incline slightly off centre A blend of plastic and polyester Yet Enkindled by the childlike fervour and dedication Of the parents Each Christmas arrives With the promise of Magic, and The Elf – subsists on enchantment The adult…
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I have a fairy godmother. Her magic is revealed when I leave the house in a hurry, When all of the things accumulate, and the time lapses too quickly, and there’s always a deadline looming expectantly nearer; the thin hands of a cheap clock an assault on my mind. And the standards I once held…
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When I think about thinking about what matters most to me, the automated word my brain spits into consciousness is ‘family.’ Of course family matters most to me, but what does that mean if I break it down further? I feel most whole, most happy, when I am with my children. When my six year…
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I write this to the chorus of mama, I love you by The Spice Girls and I am overwhelmed by feelings of gratitude for my life. Today I’ve had both of my boys home because one is coughing like a baby seal and the other hasn’t stopped since four am, so they’re not exactly a…
Gabrielle Gassin 