Honoring Mom(s)

 

Happy Mothers' Day!

... to three women who have done the job well.

Aunt Ruth (l) who took over when Mom (r) died when I was 13.

Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark …
to have been loved so deeply ..
will give us some protection forever.
—J.K. Rowling

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The Mom to our daughter.

I am more than grateful that we have been together for more than 42 years now.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
-Rudyard Kipling (We are thus doubly blessed!)

Happy Mother's Day

From the great people at Playing for Change, a good Mother's Day video:

Mothers Can Change the World

 

From the PFC website:

When Playing For Change Foundation provided resources to the Mother’s Society in Tintale, Nepal, they knew there was a great need. Now, several years later, we all stand in awe of the creativity and courage of this group of women - and the girls who have joined them - who are using music, dance and performances to educate area villages about the risks of human trafficking, drugs and alcohol.

The society travels on a regular basis to perform and teach communities about the tricks human traffickers use to lure young women into the slave trade. The risks they address are real—each year more than 10,000 Nepali girls are stolen or sold to work in brothels in India. As a result of their performances, false promises of work, marriage and a better life made by traffickers are now recognized as a deceitful trap that can strip young girls of their freedom and future. Equally encouraging, the men of Tintale village fully support the project and have joined with their wives and daughters to help protect them and spread the word.

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PS: To the two best mother's I have known,

mine and

my daughter's: