Sometimes love hurts because the people you love are hurting, or struggling, or hurt you. That’s not what I’m talking about. I’m just talking about plain loving so much it hurts. If you’re s mother, you probably know what I’m talking about. When your baby smiles at you… your toddler calls you Mama… your teenage [...]
The Poetry of Motherhood
Miscellaneous Musings on Mothering, Miracles, and the Music of Life
2
Mar
Children are a bit like mirrors for us mothers, I think. How many times have you found yourself looking into a little echo of your own heart and life in the shape of your child? My little man has his mother’s handicap of result-dependant laziness – of getting easily frustrated and disgusted by less-than-desired results [...]
Tags: baby, Mothers, raising children
28
Jan
Just a touch of humor… The other day I was trying to get something done – a very small something – and Paul seemed to have set himself the task of hindering me to the best of his abilities. He had to be very close to me, in my lap, touching me, having my full [...]
Tags: baby, humor, Mothers, selfishness, SPPM
16
Jan
Or, my top ten favorite things about being a mother. 10. Seeing my brothers and sisters playing with my baby – lots of fun! Who knew teenage boys could be so gentle? 9. Giving a baby a bath – one of the most relaxing things I know to do. Soft baby, warm water, baby shampoo… [...]
Tags: baby, miracles, Mothers, raising children
20
Dec
I was reading a few weeks ago the parable of the sower in the book of Mark chapter 4. 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. [...]
Tags: Mothers, raising children, selfishness
23
Sep
Sometimes, when I am not thinking clearly, I am tempted to think that God has forgotten me. When it seems like the darkness is closing in and there is no light to see the path ahead – when the end of the road has come and there is nowhere to turn – when there is [...]
3
Aug
Paul started smiling this week. Not little I-think-I’m-happy smiles, but great big I-really-like-you grins. We had fun one morning capturing them on camera, but I enjoy just enjoying them better . It is a new feeling to have my very own baby smiling at me. Everyone loves baby smiles. I always did; but I never [...]
15
Jul
What is happiness? According to the Miriam-Webster Dictionary it is: 1.obsolete : good fortune : prosperity 2.a: a state of well-being and contentment : joy b: a pleasurable or satisfying experience 3.felicity, aptness In the sense of this post, we mean definition 2a. Unhappiness, therefore, is a lack of well-being or contentment. Oops. Almost gave [...]
Tags: happiness, Mothers, selfishness
25
Jun
Various theories have been propounded to me on why God makes babies cute. One common reason given is that babies are cute so we will take care of them. Another is that they are cute so we still love them even though they cause us so much trouble. I object to these theories for theological [...]
18
Jun
Did you ever stop to think that sometimes, not always, but every once in a while, when a baby is born, a mother is born too? Mothers are pretty special people. I’ve known that for a long time. They are the ones that stay up all night with you when you’re sick… that listen to [...]
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