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Mothers day for the less fortunate.
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Shady Lady | Report | 26 Mar 2006 23:36 |
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My aunty is one I feel for,she tried for 15 yrs for a child and finally had a daughter ,then at the age of 8 yrs the daughter had to go into hospital for minor surgery,she died ! The gas and air in the anaesthetic machine wasnt working properly and only put out gas,which killed her. Aunty couldnt have any more children as she had her ovaries removed because of cancer,she is now in her 90,s and all alone (her husband died years ago ).Please think of her all alone today . |
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sandra rogers | Report | 26 Mar 2006 23:39 |
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hiya harry , thank you x |
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Felicity | Report | 26 Mar 2006 23:39 |
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I had another thought on this too, and perverse as it sounds, could we celebrate those who choose NOT to be mothers? There seems to be so much pressure on women to give birth and many valid reasons why one might not want to. To my mind that's not selfish, but in today's society a very brave thing to do. Also, it seems to me that if you look at the bigger picture, it's still very 'mothering' in it's way, meeting societies needs as a whole rather than looking at things from an individualistic point of view. |
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Cougarjo | Report | 26 Mar 2006 23:56 |
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It would be lovely to have a day to celebrate 'womanhood' not just 'motherhood' because women make all kinds of contributions to society, in small and large ways, everyday :) joanne |
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valium | Report | 27 Mar 2006 00:07 |
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My freind Pat could not have children of her own but evey sept she had 30 new 5 year olds she was a teacher for thiry years. Val |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 27 Mar 2006 00:46 |
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May I praise my daughters who invited me to a pre mother's day lunch yesterday AFTER they had invited my ex's 75 year old spinster aunt!! She has no family left in this world apart from my ex (who lives 200 miles away) and his brother who lives in Australia. A great lunch was had by all - including my 3 year old grand daughter, who wasn't too hungry so 'granny monster' (me apparently - according to her G G aunt) finished her lunch off for her! lol maggie |
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Harry | Report | 27 Mar 2006 10:36 |
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Time to put this one to bed methinks. Some lovely and heart rending , if that.s the word, stories on here. God bless you all and thank you for your interest. Got a lump in my throat as I read Valliums short contribution - 'she was a teacher.' My favourite film is Robert Donat in Goodbye Mr chips, who lost his wife soon after marriage. When he retired one of his pupils said 'Pity he didn,t have any children' 'Oh yes I did, I had thousands of them' (and a lot of them killed in the great war. Wonder how many mothering sundays were ruined by the two conflicts? Perhaps that,s another subject.) Happy days to you all. xxxxxxxThanks Paul for the below.xxxxxxxxx |
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Unknown | Report | 27 Mar 2006 10:39 |
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Harry, Very thoughtful of you, and I agree totally. Paul |
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