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- Paper Turtle
In response to
Paper Turtle posted by
pink101:
.Phil wrote:
I think it is difficult for a father to identify with what it means for a mother to give birth to a child. Further, to raise that little bundle of joy to grow, to develop, and to mature into a young adult--to offer it up for sacrifice to a whatever just or unjust cause--finally, to welcome the body back to be buried in the ground--dead. Sad, sad, sad, sad.
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All mothers must grieve.
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Yes. It breaks my heart.
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I fell in love with my children the moment I knew I was pregnant. I would have done anything for them. For nine months a woman carries a mystery, a possibility, and a hope for the future. The connection between mother and unborn child is indescribable, but so real. And the days when my children were born are two of the most joyful days of my life.
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These beings are bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh, and yet they are each their own person, each my gifts to the world.
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There are no words for it. The thought of losing these precious children is unbearable. Anything that hurts them wounds me.
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You may remember that earlier this year my daughter had a stillborn baby. She still grieves this loss, and so do I; the pain will lessen with time, but it will never go away. There will always be an absent space in the universe for one who almost was.
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Kathe Kollwitz was a German artist whose entire life work was dedicated to, and haunted by, the memory of her son, who died in WWI. You can find out a bit more about her here:
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http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/historian/hi...
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peace and love,
Paper Turtle
