It’s who she was. She cared. Deeply. Her life was an embodiment of selflessness. She was a pillar of strength and support for our mother, stepping into the role of caregiver after our brother’s passing in 1997. For 25 years, she was more than just the eldest daughter; she was ou...
This is the irrational season when love blooms bright and wild. Had Mary been filled with reason there’d have been no room for the child. — Madeline L’Engle I am not one of those women who loved being pregnant. Personally,… ...
And then, suddenly in the night, comes the sharp all-encompassing pain of labor – so much more painful than we had ever imagined it could be. It may not look like all that much, your child and your offering of yourself as a mother of redemption. It may seem a small thing compared ...
And yet…refusing to enter into joy does nothing for the suffering. It does not bring about a ceasefire. It does not help bury the dead or comfort a mother whose grief is too big to bear. It does not stop the humiliation of men stripped to their underwear and blindfolded and it does ...
“Alright,we are going to be home for the night!"Mother's mind is always laying down on the motherland. But everything seemed alright for the time of the nights if the man have a journey during the day. No sleeping problem,no noises that was spinning around,and no fears for being a...
my mother- and father-in-law dropped off a beautiful advent wreath as an early Christmas gift. (How did theyknow?! Seth swears he didn’t tell them…) Since I absolutely couldn’t stand the thought of candles that didn’t match, I had settled on four white, vanilla-scented glass votive...
"Love: A Fruit Always in Season" (Mother Teresa)Traditional Prayers for Advent a series of Episcopal prayers for the weeks leading up to Christmas Day:- First Sunday of Advent Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of light,...
a国庆纪念日是近代民族国家的一种特征,是伴随着近代民族国家的出现而出现的,并且变得尤为重要。它成为一个独立国家的标志,反映这个国家的国体和政体。 National Day the commemoration day is the modern times nation-state one kind of characteristic, follows the modern times nation-state appearance to appear,...
Today,we honor our sister and brothers in Mexico as they celebrate the appearance of the Mother of Jesus to a poor peasant native Mexican nearly five hundred years ago. Today, may we unite ourselves in solidarity with all the peoples of North and South and Central America who rejoice in thi...
A two-year-old golden monkey who feels unhappy with his new baby sister ___26___ (run) away from home to join up with a group of free-spirited ___27___ (monkey). And a mother snow leopard (雪豹)一an animal seldom caught on camera- faces the real challenge of raising her two ...