Mothers are holy.

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How on earth are you able to be so kind and loving? How can you cook and do the washing every day? Ignore the unfriendly comments and leave your kids with an encouraging smile into their day to embrace them coming back with strawberries.

Thinking, arranging, offering, inspiring, being there when they are sick, looking the other way when they come home with their first love, and encouraging them when they are sad. All of that you do without thinking of yourself. Again and again. — And again.

Caring — to support an undefined potential to become a decent human being. There seems to be only one explanation: Mothers are holy.

Or? “Not thinking of yourself” but of others moves mountains and allows love to flow and grow. Couldn’t we all do that?

Champagne for the Mind #50 — June 22, 2023