America's founding mothers
A big thank you to Meredith for passing on this excellent link from Maryanne on remembering with gratitude America's founding mothers:The women who came over on ships, lurching, tossing ships. Those strong women who bore pregnancy and even gave birth on those rollicking boats, while traveling to a new land. Those brave, wonderful women who had babies, and many. Because those babies were their future. Those babies were their livelihood. Those babies were the key to success in stocking a brand-new nation with brand-new people.
I tip my hat to those women who stayed in their homes, tended those humble little vegetable gardens. Who coaxed life and food out of the stubborn soil. The ones who bent their backs and leathered their faces by the fire, to feed hard-working families. Determined families. Those courageous ones, who pooled their food to feed new families arriving on new ships, always more ships. Those brave souls who had faith. So much faith.
I tip my hat to those women who never gave up. Who buried their little ones in the ground, far from family at home, who had to dry their tears and keep on working and living. Because their very lives, and very many other lives depended on them. I salute them for their strength.
Graphic from AllPosters.com
Labels: Mothering
posted by Crystal Paine at 3:51 PM
1 Comments:
Beautiful! Lovely post. I actually read a book a while back called "Founding Mothers." It is great to see a tribute that embraces what women truly did then.
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