 Posted 5/9/2008 7:00:00 AM
Mothers’ Day and we honour one of the most remarkable, enduring and powerful forces in the world.
My mother, who cried when I left home so many years ago, my wife who did --- and does --- a superb job of mothering our three daughters --- one of those daughters who is mother to our two granddaughters.
(There is this thing in our family about having girls. But that’s okay. Because girls become mothers. And that’s really okay.)
Motherhood is a force of nature. Last year a robin had, hatched and raised her family in our gazebo. She had that same all encompassing protectiveness that human mothers have. It’s an awesome thing indeed, this single-minded devotion of a mother to her offspring.
Sadly we men aren’t driven the same way, too often shirking our responsibilities as fathers.
To every mom who hears this --- as you feed the kid --- pick up the ...
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