Mama Kate

I watched as others took their photos. A couple handed her a tiny newborn baby, which she cradled adoringly. It pulled on her hair and she laughed, trying to extract them. The laugh vibrated through my entire soul.

All I could think was “Janeway’s laugh!”

The next photo included three little boys. Their mother insisting they be in the photo without her. They had no idea who Kate was and Kate thought it was the funniest thing.

When I stepped up for my photo she was still laughing. We locked eyes and she said something that made the room laugh, but I was shell shocked and couldn’t hear because she had wrapped an arm around me. She held me to her. Jesus.

The photographer guided us to smile, and the I thanked her for being there, and I then caught her little sideways smile before I was ushered away.

God, even at 70 she is so luminous. Magnetic. Commanding.

I didn’t even need to say a thing. Just being in her aura was amazing.

The Captain Kate Mulgrew my heart ♥️ xx.

#Captain Kathryn Janeway #Just Kate

#Kate Mulgrew #My Heart #Kathryn

Love always my Captain ❤️❤️❤️xxx. Kate Mulgrew/ Kathryn Janeway

The Captain ❤️Kathryn Janeway xxx.

And another one!

Captain Kathryn Janeway (Catarina )

Star Trek Voyager Concerning Flight.

An edit perfectly timed for her birthday✨✨❤️❤️

I barely had time for this, so it didn't turn out quite the way I wanted, but whatever.