A Mother/Daughter Presentation to the Petal Pushers Garden Club of Kalamazoo, MI
In April, 2008, a daughter packs her car with a hodgepodge of camping gear and sets off alone to explore the eastern coast of Lake Michigan in campgrounds stretching from the Indiana Dunes to Sleeping Bear. Always with her, poking their colorful faces through the drab remnants of winter, were wildflowers. Squatting, kneeling, often crawling along the earth’s floor to photograph them, she hears the flowers whispering lyrics to accompany the music of her heart. It is the same music she hears six years later when her mother moves from Arizona to within seven miles of her home; a song made symphony by the two women, both poets, as they share their respective journeys to find peace of mind and joy of heart, even in life’s most difficult times.
Joy in My Heart by Jane McKinney
To see a one-minute video excerpt from the presentation, click on the link as Jane McKinney reads a poem from her most recent book, Joy in My Heart, published in 2022 at the age of ninety-five. The mother of six children and former Director of Public Information for the East Lansing School District for eighteen years, she is the author of ten books including a children’s book, a memoir on motherhood, a collection of essays, and seven books of poetry.
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