SILK RIBBONS  



Sweet infant on your special day;
 
wearing the new  gown

of multi layers of lace and fine silk ribbons / 

loving gift from Grandma

carrying generations of stories 
 
connecting you to ancestors long since gone


yet still alive   

Wrapped in loving, cherished memories;  

Generations of

stitches connecting the newest leaf  

to the family tree. Silk and ribbons,

first  as a wedding gift for great grand mother when 
  
times were very hard.

She wove them into her  

bridal dress and insists it was that which brought

her  a long and happy marriage / 

She later used the  silk and ribbons for

Mama’s trousseau.   Next it was transformed with love 
 
into the beautiful

special infant gown  you wear today / 

coming down to you with all it’s  generations

of love, stories, and symbolism   

How fine you look in your lovely outfit 

 with silk ribbons weaving highways north and south 
 
Wearing generations

of your  family’s history on your tiny shoulders 
  
What huge responsibility

for one so small  

Ancient laced stories of history repeatedly  

being passed

down to the next generation  

entrusted to you now, 

for safe keeping