Sentences with phrase «mother as a burden»

But given the only real «choice» — my mother as a burden and alive, versus my mother gone — he would keep her alive and a burden as long as possible.

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I'm just wondering why the burden of my mother being gunned down in the hall of her elementary school isn't as important as that?»

As a single mother and head of the household, my mother knew the burden of responsibility she shouldered.

«Therefore the Church gives thanks for each and every woman: for mothers, for sisters, for wives; for women consecrated to God in virginity; for women dedicated to the many human beings who await the gratuitous love of another person; for women who watch over the human persons in the family, which is the fundamental sign of the human community; for women who work professionally, and who at times are burdened by a great social responsibility; for «perfect» women and for «weak» women - for all women as they have come forth from the heart of God in all the beauty and richness of their femininity; as they have been embraced by his eternal love; as, together with men, they are pilgrims on this earth, which is the temporal «homeland» of all people and is transformed sometimesinto a «valley of tears»; as they assume, together with men, a common responsibility for the destiny of humanity according to daily necessities and according to that definitive destiny which the human family has in God himself, in the bosom of the ineffable Trinity.»

Lisa was thinking as a mother, considering the weight of Mary's burdens: having a child under unusual circumstances, raising that child with the knowledge that his life would make a history - making difference, and then watching him crucified.

The grandparents of today who accepted this consent with relief became in some cases the «condoning generation» with regard to abortion in difficult cases with the result that many mothers today, even within our own community, carry the burden of a decision that was sold to them as a solution to their problem pregnancy.

As a result, you'll see improvements in risk assessment, a reduced burden on mothers, reduced risk of domestic violence, enhanced resources for the care of children and better risk management — leading ultimately to the reduction of harm.

Some mothers like myself are fortunate enough to have family who shares the burden, but some are not as lucky.

I didn't want to burden my in - laws as they were having the time of their life and it was my mother - in - law's daughters» wedding shower after all.

The idea (to put it crudely) was to make fathers as unattractive to employers as mothers; to mount a real challenge to work - heavy work - place cultures (found mainly in the private sector); and to encourage mothers (who, with fathers playing a larger part at home, would feel less burdened) to have more children and to spend more years in higher level jobs.

While I watched these mental wheels turn, this mother visibly relaxed as she felt her burden lifted.

Many to most members of crunchy - mom mafia tend to identify as «feminist,» which has proven to be a remarkable shield that largely prevents observers from noticing that each new item on the must - do list increases the burdens and demands on mothers, who already have a full plate living in a sexist society that doesn't really do much to make it easier for women raising small children.

Just being there to offer support as needed and sharing the new parenting burden was identified by many of the mothers as an important role.

As a result, the daughter cell does not inherit the defective proteins that burden the mother cell.

Avoid burdening the other person with unnecessary or elaborate excuses (such as how your mother moved away and can't watch the kids).

Unfortunately, that problem continues into the postpartum period, as the toxic body burden continues to be mobilized into mother's milk.

For the bachelor not yet burdened with a family, few scenarios are as daunting as dating a single mother.

By increasing expenditure on young children and strengthening other programs such as parental leave for both mothers and fathers, governments are trying to ease the burden on families with children.

As the novel opens, a young girl is abducted; a woman named Finley Montgomery, who struggles under the burden of her psychic abilities, seeks sanctuary with her grandmother in The Hollows; and Merri Gleason, mother of the disappeared girl, has been worn thin by her search.

For it was seen as a measure to help lessen the burden of backpacks and to make it easy to access new books, while also being kind to mother nature and saving some money in the process.

About halfway through college, I fell into not being able to borrow enough money to pay for my year's tuition as my mother was in a bad financial situation and I did not want to burden her with debt.

Doctors told the family that surgery to remove the bullet would cost about $ 10,000, a burden that Seymour, as a single mother of three, couldn't shoulder.

Mother failed to meet this burden of proof on appeal as nothing in the record reflects any impropriety or prejudice on the part of the court.

The financial stake is the financial burden that you might have to incur when your mother passes away such as debts like credit cards, mortgage and car payments, death benefits and similar expenses.

From a clinical vantage point, our findings suggest that vigorous treatment of depressed mothers to achieve remission is associated with positive outcomes in their children as well, whereas failure to treat depressed mothers may increase the burden of illness in their children.

Being married and maintaining a household with a man itself consumes a significant amount of mother's time and attention, both directly to the relationship as well as in heavier homemaking burdens (even men who «help out» in the home seldom contribute equivalent to the chores they create.)

This suggests that protective factors, such as high HRV [79] or increased interpersonal regulation [80], could reduce disease burden in these mothers.