Happy Mother's Day!
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Happy Mother's Day to all those mothers of children, at whatever age you are.
Happy Mother's Day to those women who are soon-to-become mothers.
Happy Mother's Day to women of adopted children and Guardians.
Happy Mother's Day for all women who have raised children not their own, and have accepted them as their own.
Happy Mother's Day to those women whose bodies were unable to conceive or carry new life.
Happy Mother's Day to women whose spouse or partner was unable help them become mothers.
Happy Mother's Day to those women whose circumstances in life, whether through choices, disability, timing, did not make motherhood possible.
Happy Mother's Day to those women hoped for marriage but marriage did not come their way.
Happy Mother's Day to those women who grieve the loss of their husband or partner.
Happy Mother's Day for those of us whose mother's have died and gone before us in the faith.
Happy Mother's Day to women for whom the timing for relationships did not align.
Happy Mother's Day to those women who remain single.
Happy Mother's Day to those women who dedicated themselves to consecrated life.
Happy Mother's and Father's Day to women who raise their children on their own.
Happy Mother's Day to men who raise children on their own.
Happy Mother's Day to our beloved sisters.
Happy Mother's Day to our dear aunts.
Happy Mother's Day to our grandmothers.
Happy Mother's Day to our God-mothers.
Happy Mother's Day to best friend and girlfriends.
Happy Mother's Day to all those women who loved and formed us.
Happy Mother's Day to those men in our lives who mothered and formed us in love and care.
Happy Mother's Day to everyone who has cared for us and nurtured us lovingly.
Happy Mother's Day to everyone who tried.
Thanks be to God. This is your day. Let's help you celebrate.
John, thank you for this inclusive post. I am always uncomfortable in church when mothers are singled out and asked to stand and there are so many women left sitting - women who have supported others in raising their children in so many different ways; women who are single and without children; women who for whatever reason do not have children of their own. They too are important and deserve a blessing. Thank you for being sensitive to this. Blessings on you as you have nurtured many a person as well!
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome. I know many women appreciated it. Many men were great with the message. Some men gave me blowback because it is too politically correct for them, but they are not the intended recipient of the message. Actually, they are because if God's mercy is universal and inclusive, I want them to hear about this type of love.
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