A mother, after all, is your entry into the world. She is the shell in which you divide and become a life. Waking up in a world without her is like waking up in a world without sky: unimaginable.
Interpretation
A mother is essential to our existence and emotional world; her absence is profoundly felt.
This quote emphasizes the pivotal role of a mother in our lives, portraying her as both the physical source of our being and a central figure in our emotional landscape. The analogy of waking up without the sky underscores the depth of loss experienced in her absence, highlighting how integral she is to our perception of the world.
In practice
This quote could be used in a eulogy to honor a mother's memory.
To mourn is to wonder at the strangeness that grief is not written all over your face in bruised hieroglyphics. And it's also to feel, quite powerfully, that you're not allowed to descend into the deepest fathom of your grief - that to do so would be taboo somehow.
One of the grubby truths about a loss is that you don't just mourn the dead person, you mourn the person you got to be when the lost one was alive. This loss might even be what affects you the most.
I never had a mother. I suppose a mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
One of the greatest blessings we can offer to the world is the power of a Christ-centered home where the gospel is taught, covenants are kept, and love abounds.
My mother sang with me in her stomach; I sang with Bobbi Kris in my stomach. I believe the child starts to develop within, and whatever you read, whatever you think, whatever you do affects the child.
Not only would I say that the family is important for the evangelization of the new world. The family is important, and it is necessary for the survival of humanity. Without the family, the cultural survival of the human race would be at risk. The family, whether we like it or not, is the foundation.
I've learned... That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.
A house means a family house, a place specially meant for putting children and men in so as to restrict their waywardness and distract them from the longing for adventure and escape they've had since time began.
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