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Amah has several interpretations through the ages and around the world. Mostly meaning mother in most contexts - mothers, mothered, mothering. Biological, occupational, ancestral - they are the women who birthed or raised us, brought about our being, giving life to who we have become and continue becoming. Returning to the island of my birth after being abroad for two decades and away even longer, since I left it for college and work in my teens. ancient mother - 1, 338 year old banyan A place too familiar yet unrecognizable - where our resident volcano has been restive for close to two years on and off. Spewing ash mostly but also shaking often in rumbling earthquakes, even sending out vibrant plumes of brilliant lava a few times.