Not exact matches
To hold that same - sex marriage is part
of the fundamental right to marry, or necessary for giving LGBT people the equal protection
of the laws, the Court implicitly made a number
of other assumptions: that one - flesh union has no distinct value in itself, only the feelings fostered
by any
kind of consensual sex; that there is nothing special about knowing the love
of the two people whose union gave you life, whose bodies gave you yours, so long as you have two sources
of care and support; that what children need is parenting in some disembodied sense, and not
mothering and fathering.
There is only one way it could not be, and that is if you decide that it teaches that nihilism is the truth, revealed here
by the pointless failure
of Davis's career, so that his having to obtain abortions for women he impregnated is just another absurd, annoying, and energy - sapping aspect
of that, his irrational guilt instincts causing him to have to scrounge for money, and so that his learning that one
of these abortions didn't occur is just another sort
of misfortune, saddling him with sentiments that he will have no way to really act upon (it is unlikely the that the
mother of the child wants to see him), and probably causing him to draw some
kind of superstitious karmic connection between a random coincidence
of having hit a cat that looks just like one he abandoned, and his driving
by the town his child may be living in.
Because environments do influence the decisions and actions
by which we constitute ourselves as one
kind of person or another, this book should be mandatory reading for those who may like it least»
mothers and fathers
of college - bound young men and women.
However, all this, as we know, has had to be reconsidered
by Christians,
Mother Church included, once the geological and palaeontological sciences began to reveal the apparently immense age
of the earth and the evidence that the biological species did not all come into existence at once exactly as they are today but
by some
kind of transformism.
Most Likely to Make the Eyes Water (nominated
by Tara J. Haussler): Baddest
Mother Ever with «A Tuesday
Kind of Miracle»
Famously, Dostoevsky supplied Ivan with true accounts
of children tortured and murdered: Turks tearing babies from their
mothers» wombs, impaling infants on bayonets, firing pistols into their mouths; parents savagely flogging their children; a five - year - old - girl tortured
by her
mother and father, her mouth filled with excrement, locked at night in an outhouse, weeping her supplications to «dear
kind God» in the darkness; an eight - year - old serf child torn to pieces
by his master's dogs for a small accidental transgression.
Hasker's third proposition is that for the problem
of divine non-intervention to be a real problem, «we must be able to identify specific
kinds of cases in which God morally ought to intervene but does not» Many critics
of (traditional) theism probably already have a more or less vague list
of such cases, which might include genocidal events, such as the Nazi holocaust and the Rwandan massacre; wars; large - scale natural disasters; conditions
of chronic poverty, in which millions
of children die from starvation or are permanently stunted because
of inadequate protein; the sexual molestation
of children, which often leaves them psychologically scarred for the rest
of their lives; death preceded
by long, painful illnesses, such as cancer or AIDS, or
by mind - destroying conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease; and the
kinds of events described
by Dostoyevski, such as the soldier using his pistol to get a
mother's baby to giggle with delight and then blowing its brains out.
Camus planned and completed a second cycle
of works: the novel The Plague, in which the heroic Doctor Rieux strives, despite ultimate futility, against human suffering and death; the play The Misunderstanding, a
kind of Greek tragedy in which a young man returns home in disguise, having made his fortune, only to be murdered and robbed
by his
mother and sister; and the highly influential cultural analysis The Rebel.
This fall my family was gathered around my
mother, whom we were caring for in her final days... we took time to celebrate a birthday with a special
kind of carrot cake... we used the leftover carrots / apples / celery and who knows what else from the morning's juice (my dad's a bit
of a health nut) and turned it into an amazing cake, complemented
by walnuts, pineapple and,
of course, decadent cream cheese frosting, covered with fresh toasted coconut... it was so moist and delicious... the making
of it a wonderful memory and the eating
of it sublime.
Turns out it's a company started
by a
mother of three, and they make all
kinds of ready to use spice blends for seasoning meat and seafood.
«This potpie is inspired
by my
mother's
kind of cooking: dishes that shout out the classics, but with clean flavors and crisp textures,» she says.
The inscription on the eighteen century tombstone
of one Betty Stiven reads: «Was a
mother without knowing it, and a wife without letting her husband know it, except
by her
kind indulgence to him.»
And
by that I mean such things as the
mother's movement or the baby's movement, sounds, smells, various
kinds of touches, even soft whisperings
of the
mother.
The
kind of fat contained in the milk, for example, needs to be watched
by the
mother.
I was under the impression that, once babies were old enough to swallow thicker textures, even in the stone age
mothers fed them «baby food»
by pre-chewing their own food and putting it into the baby's mouth,
kind of like birds do.
We are very
kind, respectable, loving and honest people.Im a good
mother, have a trying at times but great son who respects me and understands im his
mother not his bff, And in my opinion the problem is ppl who do nt understand why god wants us to correct our children
by not sparingthe rod... sure, some moms do nt wan na be the bad guy and «spank» bc god forbid their kid grows up to be violent - yet today most
of society refuses to spank - and yet today we live in a world filled with so much murder, stealing, and crimes that i honestly believe if they had parents following gods word and disciplining like they did back in the day when older generations knew what they were doing we would live in a better world.
Taught
by the media and radical feminists to be ashamed about their maternal, nurturing and intuitive side,
mothers are too often afraid to follow and act on their intuition even though it tells them that a youth sports system which too often emphasizes winning and competition over fun and skill development, treats children as young as six as adults and cruelly and unfairly saddles so many as failures before they have even reached puberty because they weren't lucky enough to be «early bloomers» or have a January birthday, is not the
kind of nurturing, caring and, above all, inclusive environment
mothers believe their children need to grow into confident, competent, empathetic, emotionally and psychologically healthy adults.
Also, bottle feeding - bedsharing infants move in directions away from the
mother, thus, increasing the risks
of some
kind of asphyxial event, compared with breastfeeding infants, according to the research
by Dr. Helen Ball.
What
kind of global impact could we have
by making donor milk available to fragile infants worldwide who don't have access to their
mother's milk?
However, studies show that once absorbed
by the body, any
kind of medication a
mother takes can easily enter their breast milk.
But the
mother who is discouraged
by her doctor, midwife or lactation consultant from making these
kinds of observations has lost an opportunity — to build her self - confidence, to assuage her baby's colic and build her supply with simple tools that are fully within her scope
of control.
(Very few doctors enter into this
kind of cooperative agreement with midwives, fearing they will be held liable should death or injury occur to
mother or baby during an out -
of - hospital birth overseen
by a midwife.)
While many
mothers who formula feed their babies often say they've been shamed
by breastfeeding
mothers (which isn't a very
kind move, people: knock it off) breastfeeding
mothers are in the minority and many
of us make up for our smaller numbers
by being super-vocal and passionate about our right to nurse and the benefits
of breastfeeding.
I mean, it's
kind of an absurd thing and it's like, I had this story I used read a lot when I would do presentations and it was from this and I used to just read this sort
of paragraph and people just with their mouth open because they were talking about as a
mother sort
of emerges from this sort
of hut where she's been isolated and she emerges and she walks toward the village with their baby and they're singing songs to her sung
by that they sing for warriors returning from battle, it's a totally different thing than what our moms experience.
I recently read a post
by another mom, a terrific writer who fills her numerous blogs with all
kinds of «great
mother» articles: gardening, cooking, natural parenting, crafting, just the
kind of articles that make the reader (me) feel inadequate that I'm not doing those
kinds of things on a regular basis in MY house.
And one
of the things that they note again and again is that the natural process
of emerging, finding the
mother's contact the baby finding contact with the
mother and then on it's own, in it's own time in this particular way doing what we like to call the breast crawl right [00:23:00] where the baby
kind of moves themselves mostly with their heads and a little bit with those kicky legs you've been feeling on the inside and they basically will move along the
mother's body and find a breast all
by themselves unassisted latch themselves on and have a good feed.
There's definitely something
kind of cool about the connection you feel to
mothers all around the world and
mothers from long, long ago
by carrying your baby close to you in natural materials.
This baby registry idea makes it possible for people to invest in the baby's developmental learning process
by enabling them to purchase the
kinds of toys and activities the
mother wants for her child.
That
kind of policy allows us to minimise, as far as possible, the professional obstacles to the
mother presented
by childbirth.
For a moment this infant would be connected to its «
mother»
by a
kind of umbilical cord, a minuscule wormhole.
In the largest study
of its
kind, researchers led
by the University
of Pennsylvania School
of Nursing have investigated the caregivers
of 186
mothers to childhood brain tumor survivors aged 14 - 40 whose care needs last long into adulthood.
I'd always aspired to have a traditionally classic wardrobe, one with that
kind of simple elegance exemplified
by the style icons venerated
by my
mother's generation: Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelley, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
«Breaking In» was clearly designed as much a marketing proposition as a movie, a thriller whose twist on the formula is predicated in part on casting an African - American woman in the
kind of role generally inhabited
by guys like Liam Neeson — and as an added bonus, just in time for
Mother's Day.
She moves easily between reality and fantasy, nails the scene where Hush Puppy finally meets her
mother, handles the crying scenes like a pro, and has the ability to read the beautiful lines
of dialogue
by Luci Alibar and Zeitlin with the
kind of feeling and maturity
of a much older actress.
Alas, Wang is finally chasing his tail in Because
of Winn - Dixie, a decidedly imperfect marriage
of his commercial and artistic sensibilities that extinguishes the last ember
of hope engendered
by the lovely Anywhere But Here (a
kind of Caucasian counterpart, as it happens, to The Joy Luck Club, Wang's ode to the sacrifices
of pre-revolutionary Chinese
mothers) that his fiscal motives would never be completely transparent.
The scene ends with Swinton's
mother waking up and leaving her house to find it (and her car) splashed in red paint
by her fellow citizens, as her son, possibly stewed in the resentment and frustration
of the
mother, has grown up to become a neurotic sociopath responsible for murdering his fellow students in a school shooting — which
of course is young people splashed in a different
kind of red.
When Ella's
mother (Hayley Atwell) dies
of an unnamed illness, leaving her with a trite final lesson — «Have courage and be
kind» — that the film adopts as its central moral, Ella is doted on even more
by her father (Ben Chaplin), even once he eventually remarries.
«At the heart
of it all is The Little Girl (Mackenzie Foy), who's being prepared
by her
mother (Rachel McAdams) for the very grown - up world in which they live — only to be interrupted
by her eccentric,
kind - hearted neighbor, The Aviator...
In some ways I'm more persuaded
by Dixon's struggle to turn over a new leaf than I am
by the fiery crusade
of Mildred Hayes, a grieving
mother whom McDormand invests with the
kind of scene - stealing ferocity that will doubtless pummel more than a few academy members into submission: Vote for me, bitches!
For the purposes
of showbusiness entertainment, this film hugely exaggerates the drink - and drug - related debility
of Getty's son John Paul II (Andrew Buchan) and ramps up the heroic importance
of John Paul II's ex-wife Gail, the victim's
mother, played with a
kind of Katharine - Hepburn - lite accent
by Michelle Williams.
I, Tonya director Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl) presents the events
of Harding's life as a
kind of ludicrous and darkly comedic story, with Margot Robbie playing Harding as both trashy and defiant, an athletic wonder and also a habitual liar, plagued
by toxic relationships with her
mother (an excellent Allison Janney) and later her husband, played with pathetic aggression but also an undercurrent
of pure infatuation
by Sebastian Stan.
Eastwood starts
by showing their younger selves, the circumstances in which they grew up (including being in a Christian school, which the script goes WAY out
of its way to emphasize) including their ups and downs as kids, their
mothers trying to raise them alone (who are VERY Christian) and their growth as millennials (a generation Eastwood has not had
kind words for in recent years).
By far the greatest change is that it tells the fore - story that leads up to the main story,
of Cinderella's happy childhood before the dark clouds descended,
of the loving
mother (Hayley Atwell) who died young and the
kind father (Ben Chapin) who made the terrible mistake
of remarrying wrongly before he, too, passed away, abandoning «Ella» (who had not yet received her sooty, mocking modifier) to the escalating cruelties
of Tremaine and her daughters.
And
by the end
of Stories We Tell, Polley admits (when pressed
by her father) that her Big Theme is
kind of bullshit, and may just be a way
of avoiding her own complicated feelings about her
mother, her father, and the people whose lives they affected.
In Curly Sue, vagabonds Bill (James Belushi) and Sue (Alisan Porter), the orphan he inherited when her
mother «got V.D.,» extort the curiously - named divorce lawyer Grey (a
kind of breathtaking Kelly Lynch) for a hot meal
by pretending she hit Bill with her car.
Willem Dafoe's
kind motel manager in «Florida» has drawn most
of the attention, but its key relationship is between
mother and daughter motel dwellers played
by newcomers Bria Vinaite and Brooklynn Prince.
What makes «The Disappearance
of Eleanor Rigby» truly stand apart from all the other films
of its
kind, be they French art - house award winners, your
mother's favorite Meg Ryan movie or the myriad
of romantic comedies out there, is the emotional depth that is allowed
by the film's premise and length, executed almost perfectly.
I mean, not nothing but I knew
of it in the
kind of way that if you were raised
by a feminist single
mother, you knew
of it as that boys» magazine.
A teacher and lawyer
by training, and
mother at heart, Alison set out to create a different
kind of educational experience for students, which has evolved into a model for schools across the country.
Romantic love seemed to be well covered
by the poets, so he opted for the maternal
kind, partly out
of an awareness «that we're bringing up a child without a
mother, effectively», and the process might help him grapple with that absence.