I was just tagged to blog about 5 things
I love about being a mother.
Not exact matches
We should learn from those who
are dying that the best way to teach our children
about God
is by
loving each other wholly and forgiving each other fully - just as each of us longs to
be loved and forgiven by our
mothers and fathers, sons and daughters.
Thank you for this story, it too made me cry, for I believe in my savior Jesus Christ and this story of
LOVE is what it
is all
about,, Thanks again, Imiss my
mother and father terribly but this story brought back great memories.
No theologian or counter-circumstance-experience can take away from what I know, what many
mothers the world over know in their heart of hearts
about loss and birth and raising babies and real transformation: it
's Love and it
is sacred and it
is human and it all redeems.
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.
Once, when I
was fussing
about a girl whom I knew I did not
love and did not want to marry, but who had charm and who had somehow offended my pride,
Mother heard my story and simply said, «Charles, life
is big.»
What
about the
mothers, fathers, brother, sisters, sons, and daughers that have to watch they
're loved ones go though this.
Only a blind man can not see we
are at end times, third world countries with nuclear arms, a finacial system that
is about to collapse, global disasters becoming more prominate, Godlessness that would try to redefine nature, men marrying men, women marrying women,
mothers killing their babies rather than
loving their babies and those who would mock the only one who could save them, JESUS, all that will hear prepare to stand before him let him
be your savior rather than your judge, just a little while not much time
is left before this world learns his wrath.
I do many things for many folks including the homeless and unfortunate and they
are often happy
about my help but I don't
LOVE them in the sense that I
LOVE my
mother.
But it
was Julian of Norwich (d.
about 1416) who most explicitly analyzed God's care as closely resembling that of a
mother: «The
mother's service
is nearest, readiest, and surest: nearest because it
is most natural; readiest because it
is most
loving; surest because it
is truest» (Showings, Long text 59).
'» I
love the way you have taught us to understand the Old Testament, but here it seems like Jesus
is agreeing with Moses
about «God's law» to put someone to death if they do not honor father or
mother.
But one of the things I've always
loved about blogging
is that I get to my whole self here: I get to
love theology and Church talk, I get to write
about mothering and family and marriage, I get to crack jokes at my own expense, I get to
love Doctor Who and Call the Midwife, I get to
love thrifting and knitting and pretty things as well as
being a Jesus feminist, I get to
be a homemaker who talks recipes and cleaning and laundry as well as a lover of literature and poetry and history and Girl Power, I
love the local church and yet I don't wear rose - coloured glasses
about this stuff.
Religion isonly mentioned once and the mere fact that this little girl and her
mother are being guided by the
love of God makes you wonder
about the
love God has in store for YOU.
People too often talk
about Jesus aside from his words,
about his compassion towards all, while they fail to wrestle with some of his steepest moral teachings: «Whoever divorces his wife... and marries another, commits adultery; Everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart; If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; I have come to bring not peace but the sword; Whoever
loves father or
mother more than me
is not worthy of me» (Mt 19:9, 5:28, 5:30, 10:14, 10:37).
Think
about that: We know who God
is because of the ways we
were loved and nurtured by our
mothers as babies.
Some of the mysteries
were built around Dionysus, others
about Orpheus, and still others
about Attis and the Great
Mother who had
loved him, mourned his death, and effected his resurrection.
(one of the reasons why I
love your recipes
is that I don't have to mess
about with cups because I learned with a scales from when I
was a tiny girl «helping» my
mother make tarts.
The husband
is very Italian but knows nothing
about cooking but does
love all Italian food, His
Mother was a brutal Italian cook but raised seven children with her Italian cooking, my mother was an excellent cook okay i am parcel Thank you so much for the lovely recipes, hugs and blessing to you and i think you are a
Mother was a brutal Italian cook but raised seven children with her Italian cooking, my
mother was an excellent cook okay i am parcel Thank you so much for the lovely recipes, hugs and blessing to you and i think you are a
mother was an excellent cook okay i
am parcel Thank you so much for the lovely recipes, hugs and blessing to you and i think you
are a DOLL.
Sure I hit up the occasional sushi bar in college, but it wasn't until I moved to Hawaii that I really fell in
love with raw fish (although I do get the occasional reminder / warning from my
mother about the potential health risks:).
When I teach my energy healing classes, many of the clients
are very holistic and «spiritual» (meaning they
are all
about connecting to
Mother Earth and the Universe), and they
LOVE when I bring snacks like fresh juices and raw and / or gluten - free desserts.
His humble
mother claims that her recipe
is «nothing special;» but when you've got three grown men all raving
about how much they
love their
mother's meatloaf, it
's got to have something special going on.
In this interview, Satsuki tells us
about her morning, bedtime, and exercise routines, as well as
love as a form of self - acceptance, what it
's like to see the energy of others, her unique approach to her life schedule, her
mother's universally wise beauty advice, the lifestyle change that helped clear up her skin, nourishment, stress, and so much more.
I also know an Amanda who
loves Arsenal, but sadly she
is my
mother, and I HATE what she has to say
about the club.
Whenever I have tried to talk to my
mother about my search for a forever
love interest (a wife), her eyes glaze over and it
is like she can't wait to end the conversation which
is only a one sided deal anyway.
I hope you visit our website — we
're a
mother / daughter team who write
about divorce and restoring faith in
love!
In past years, I've written three uncomfortable columns
about «A
Mother'
s Love» for her son (
s), but this year, I thought, «Eh, what the hell, let'
s shame some dads, too!»
«Time
is particularly prominent for me right now as my family grows — I have another baby due in three weeks.Becoming a
mother has taught me patience, our capacity for
love (yes,
love spins the world) and that actually it really
is all
about the present.
«I
love working with brands that
are reliable, passionate
about what they make, fun to work with, and committed to helping
mothers and I can honestly say that it has
been exactly the type of experience that I have had with Pumpables!»
And while I don't actually believe that I
love my child more than another
mother loves her child, it
's a cue to my kids
about me having their best interests at heart, even if they don't agree.
Whether it
's for
Mother's Day or just something you want to get yourself, I couldn't not tell you
about my deep and abiding
love for these three products.
Mothering will change your heart and how you feel
about it, aspects you may not
love about yourself may
be the most wonderful to your child.
I've
been using for
about a year and both
mother and daughter
love it.
Mothering may change how you see your body and how you feel
about it, aspects you may not
love may
be the most wonderful to your child.
I
'm a
mother of a one year old boy and often think often worry
about what i can do to help raise him so that one day he will
be a
loving and caring man who will
be able to express his feelings.
As I mentioned, one of the things I
love about these rings as
mother's jewelery
is that you can add to them.
Mother's Day
is next week and while you will find plenty of information
about what mom might
be hoping for as a celebration of her day and unique gift guides from the best of the blogosphere, it
is our experience that the one gift that never goes out of style
is quality time spent with those you
love.
Diane
is passionate
about breastfeeding and wanted a line of products that reflected the
love between
mother and baby and
was playful, natural and «non-medicalized».
Another reason to consider delaying weaning an older baby or toddler
is because the hormones (such as oxytocin) released while breastfeeding bring
about calm and
loving feelings in the
mother, and can help mitigate the stress the mom of a busy toddler feels.
In my case, we watch together and I explain the stuff she doesn't understand and we talk
about it, so it actually turns out to
be mother - daughter quality time that she
loves.
In her book The Bonds of
Love, Jessica Benjamin talks
about the struggle the
mother has while dealing with the constant willfulness, the clinging, or the tyrannical demands typical of the rapprochement: «What the
mother feels during rapprochement and how she works this out will
be colored by her ability to deal straightforwardly with aggression and dependence, her sense of herself as entitled to a separate existence, and her confidence in her child's ability to survive conflict, loss, and imperfection.»
I would show him his baby book as every kid
loves looking at pictures of himself as infant and
be matter of fact
about how he grew in his other
mother's tummy.
I went to a hormonal doctor and he told me to keep to a 1200 calories but I think this
is crazy for a nursering
mother... so I'll stick to the frustration for at least a year which
is the time I plan to feed my baby because although it
is keeping me fat and feeling bad
about myself me and my baby, we
love to breastfeed and to
be breastfed!
This
is what I
loved the most
about talking to my
mother about all of this... the term, «it just never occurred to me»
was spoke frequently from her and I could not help but really admire her naivety
about so many things and just instead going with her gut and what worked for us.
The main difficulty of sleep inversion treatment
is that the parents, particularly
mothers and grandmothers, sometimes have to do actions that fundamentally contradict the generally accepted ideas
about how to
love children.
My Intended
Mother loved to tell everyone how positive I
was that this
was going to work, even asking her
about baby names and how she would decorate the nursery.
We hear all these stories
about maternal bonding, and how the second a
mother sees her child, the
love is a na...
Mothers might also worry
about there
being enough
love for another child.
Based in California, For the
Love of Birthmothers hopes to
be a voice outside the mainstream dialogue to illustrate how varied adoption stories
are, to shift harmful stereotypes
about adoption to healthy truths, and to dispel misconceptions
about open adoption by replacing them with true stories where harmony between the
mothers and families
is achieved.
Whether it
's attending a rally (the
Mother's Out Front rally I attended a few weeks back
was incredible), writing a letter to local administration (Laurel and I have done this several times, both to issue thanks and constructive comments), taking 2 seconds to sign a digital petition (like this one in support of smallholder farmers in Africa), sharing with your
loved ones
about something you care
about (like the FashionABLE Genet scarves shown above), or placing a call to your Representative or Senator (I now plan on doing this more), SPEAK UP.
I
love and care
about her, I
'm a
mother figure to her, I've
been around for more than three quarters of her life, and I plan on continuing to
be around for the rest of that life.