My Mother

For those who know me, you understand that sometimes, I can be a bit vague, sometimes, yes, I do silly things. Usually it’s just passed off as my Byron Bay/Mullumbimby trait, something that never got out of my system despite three years of living in the civilisation that is Brisbane, complete with a letter box, sealed road and neighbours who live next door and not in the next paddock 5 k’s away.

Well – I’ve got another reason for the weirdness. My mother.


My mother called me up a few days ago.

“Oh Jemma I was just talking to you,” she says.

Hmmm that’s a strange comment seeing as I haven’t spoken to her for about a week.
“Sorry Mum what was that?” I questioned.

“Oh Jemma I was just talking to you,” she says again.

I begin to giggle.... “Mum what are you talking about?”

Now I’ll interject here – a bit of background to my Mum, she’s an old time hippie, not overtly one anymore because she’s a bit older but in her hey day she was highhh up there. Living in India for a year, she was going to become a monk, she met my Dad in a communal house where everyone practised meditation, she got married in a blue and purple stripy dress, my parents used to take my brother and I to these weird camps where they worshipped a guru type man called Gurumaharaji.



Back to the story – after I asked her how she was talking to me, she answers “Oh Jemma I’m sitting on the veranda, looking at the mountains and the ocean and sending you all these thoughts and good vibes and connecting with you on another level.”

WHAT THE HELL??

And that’s not the end......

“Jemmy Jew, you’ve got to remember that you’re not this physical being, you’re not the person who goes to uni or goes work, you’re this inner being, this soul.”

And more..... “You’re not really Jemma Somervail ....”

To which I replied, while trying to contain the giggles “Well that’s a bit annoying
Mum, I’ve been introducing myself as Jemma Somervail for the last 20 years!”

She went on a little more about love, peace and the light, told me she loved me and said goodbye.

Leaving me, sitting totally bamboozled but highly amused.

Now I’m used to the whole...you’re not the physical body, it’s more than that, I’ve heard that from her my whole life. But I was not prepared for her to tell me about her new skill of telepathy!!!!

And on top of that, she usually says the weird stuff in the middle of a conversation, she always balances it out with, how’s uni going? How’s work? But she didn’t even care, she even ended the conversation with G.G.G.G.G - a saying she often uses which stands for God, Good, Guards, Guides and Governs you.

But if you’ve met my mother, she’s a lovely, warm and caring person, with so, so much love.

So....haha....now you know a little more about my day to day life...are we still friends??