second sunday in may
May. 9th, 2010 12:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rktprior to reading renee's post at womanist musings, i'd planned a rewrite/repost along the lines from the past regarding today.
happy mother's day... a day (in the USA) originally designed to promote peacemongering and is now a day to send a card. so how about everyone have a fantastic day, regardless of your relationship to motherhood and/or your mother?
and spend a moment thinking about those mothers and children (grown or young) who cannot be together today because of illness (physical or mental), disownment, imprisonment, employment, distance, governmental separation, death, or any other reason.
and if you have a good relationship with a mother-figure in your life, by all means, enjoy that today and for all the tomorrows in the future.
but i'd also wanted to include the added mention that not everyone wants to be a mother. and not everyone wants to be pregnant. (the two are not necessarily the same thing.) some people want to be a mother to many children. and others exist on spectrums in-between.
ultimately it's up to the individual woman - including her choice in whether or not to allow someone else to participate in the decision making processes. which is to say that renee's discussion of jillian michael's (who doesn't want to be pregnant because it would ruin her figure. and who should be defended in this assertion.) absolutely relevant today and everyday.
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happy mother's day... a day (in the USA) originally designed to promote peacemongering and is now a day to send a card. so how about everyone have a fantastic day, regardless of your relationship to motherhood and/or your mother?
and spend a moment thinking about those mothers and children (grown or young) who cannot be together today because of illness (physical or mental), disownment, imprisonment, employment, distance, governmental separation, death, or any other reason.
and if you have a good relationship with a mother-figure in your life, by all means, enjoy that today and for all the tomorrows in the future.
but i'd also wanted to include the added mention that not everyone wants to be a mother. and not everyone wants to be pregnant. (the two are not necessarily the same thing.) some people want to be a mother to many children. and others exist on spectrums in-between.
ultimately it's up to the individual woman - including her choice in whether or not to allow someone else to participate in the decision making processes. which is to say that renee's discussion of jillian michael's (who doesn't want to be pregnant because it would ruin her figure. and who should be defended in this assertion.) absolutely relevant today and everyday.
xpost
