A painting of my mama. She was gifted a Singer sewing machine in 1969, and through that work she fed myself and my brother growing up. We owe our lives to that Singer machine. She still has it. They used to be impossible to break!
Jour 12 - Day 12
Fierté personnelle - Personal pride
Je suis extrêmement fier d'avoir eu cette batteuse comme mère. Elle est décédée hier en demandant l'aide médicale à mourir. Elle a repoussée cette option jusqu'à la réalisation qu'il n'y avait plus d'avenir sensé possible - I am extremely proud to have had this fighter as a #mother. She died yesterday after demanding #MAID . She pushed back this option until the realisation that there was no sensible alternative.
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»a city of #children and families in despair […] I spoke with a young #boy and his sister. The boy had lost one of his eyes. His sister flashed a beautiful smile but was also incredibly shy because her face has been so disfigured by the bombings. Across the corridor was a #mother who had just had her leg amputated; she was laying in a bed next to her critically injured son. Her husband was downstairs; he has had two limbs amputated«
It is a mistake to think of #nature as warm and cuddly. Many, perhaps most, #violent encounters between #humans and #wildlife are the result of the former treating the latter as #Disney characters.
One reason “#birds are #dinosaurs” made immediate sense to me was a vivid childhood memory: when I was about ten, I thought some #goslings were cute and wanted to pet them. #Mother#Goose had other ideas. Yeah, don’t do that.
It is equally a mistake to assume nature is All #Killing, All The Time. Fighting takes a lot of energy, and wild animals—including our own distant ancestors—are in constant peril of #starvation. Even a minor #injury can lead to #infection and #death.
Violence is a tool of survival, to be sure, whether in #predation, self-defense, or squabbles over #territory and #mating. Unnecessary violence is a quick road to #extinction. Most animals would rather do something else, when they can.
So before you fall back on “red in tooth and claw” as a default, look for other explanations. They’re usually more interesting anyway.
Moving piece on #Mother love/mother #loss: "Research on the sex-specific impact of father loss abounds in pediatric literature, as does sex-unspecified parental loss — but finding useful research on the unique needs of female-sexed children and women drowning in mother loss takes the kind of work most laywomen shouldn’t have to do when sobbing with grief."
"For Mothers' Day on Sunday. Or for motherly or grandmother figures .. Or Mother Earth or Mother Ocean. Let's remember mothers good, great, and troubling."
So for me, it has to be JHope performing for his Mama .. all the feels. 💜
Happy Mother's Day FediMums, including those who 'mother' in all the non-traditional ways, and love to all who find this time hard. 🌷
Volume 4 is LIVE! Visions And Voice Of The Garden is a beautiful collection of flowers, plants and tree artwork with poetry and haiku. HIGH END heavy #80 paper. Each page is suitable for framing!
Perfect gift idea! Mother's Day is coming!!! Or gift yourself. :)