Guest guest Posted November 7, 1999 Report Share Posted November 7, 1999 >From: Lorre Mendelson <Lorreleon@...> >Reply-Obsessive Compulsive Disorder List <OCD-L@...> >OCD-L@... >Subject: for moms >Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 17:30:18 EST > >CFP: Mothering, Literature, Popular Culture and the Arts > >Dear mums--and disabled persons who have mums, > >I think disability-parenting should be represented at this >conference--among >the many reasons being to provide a response to any pro-genetics views >floating >around. Anyone care to work up a panel? > >Dona > > aoreilly <aoreilly@...> >Subject: CFP: Mothering, Literature, > Popular Culture and the Arts (2/15; 10/20-10/22) > cfp@... > > >Call for Papers > > > > The Association for Research on Mothering > > and The Centre for Research on Mothering > > > > announce our 4th Annual International Conference > > > > Mothering and Literature, Popular Culture and the Arts > > The conference will also include " Open Stream " Sessions on the General > > Topic of Mothering-Motherhood > > > > October 20-22, 2000 > > York University, Toronto ON, Canada > > We welcome a variety of contributions including: academic papers, > > performance pieces, films, artwork and paintings, sculptures and poetry. > > > > Selected papers will be published in The Journal of the Association for > > Research on Mothering and/or an edited book If you are interested in > > being considered as a speaker, please send a 250 word paper abstract > > and/or a proposal for a session, and a 50 word bio and return by > > February 15, 2000 > > > > For further information and to submit abstract, please contact: > > O'Reilly, A.R.M. > > 726 Atkinson College, York University > > 4700 Keele Street Toronto, ON Canada M3J 1P3 > > call us at (416) 736-2100 x60366, or email us at arm@... > > > To submit an abstract, one must be a member of A.R.M. > > > O'Reilly, Ph.D, >Assistant Professor, >School of Women's Studies, >Founding President, >Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) >726 Atkinson College, >York University, >Toronto, Ontario, >Canada, M3J 1P3 >Fax: 905 775 1386 >Phone: 416 736 2100; Ex 60366 >Email: aoreilly@... > >Dona M. Avery >Arizona State University >Tempe, AZ 85287-0302 >http://www.public.asu.edu/~donam >/subscribe/ParentsOnFrontlines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 1999 Report Share Posted November 8, 1999 Wow -- I sure wish i knew about this at the time! Hmm, maybe it's not too late though to plant some seeds! Thanks for the tip! :-) Take good care, In a message dated 11/7/1999 9:53:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, wb4@... writes: << From: " W. Birk " <wb4@...> >From: Lorre Mendelson <Lorreleon@...> >Reply-Obsessive Compulsive Disorder List <OCD-L@...> >OCD-L@... >Subject: for moms >Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 17:30:18 EST > >CFP: Mothering, Literature, Popular Culture and the Arts > >Dear mums--and disabled persons who have mums, > >I think disability-parenting should be represented at this >conference--among >the many reasons being to provide a response to any pro-genetics views >floating >around. Anyone care to work up a panel? > >Dona > > aoreilly <aoreilly@...> >Subject: CFP: Mothering, Literature, > Popular Culture and the Arts (2/15; 10/20-10/22) > cfp@... > > >Call for Papers > > > > The Association for Research on Mothering > > and The Centre for Research on Mothering > > > > announce our 4th Annual International Conference > > > > Mothering and Literature, Popular Culture and the Arts > > The conference will also include " Open Stream " Sessions on the General > > Topic of Mothering-Motherhood > > > > October 20-22, 2000 > > York University, Toronto ON, Canada > > We welcome a variety of contributions including: academic papers, > > performance pieces, films, artwork and paintings, sculptures and poetry. > > > > Selected papers will be published in The Journal of the Association for > > Research on Mothering and/or an edited book If you are interested in > > being considered as a speaker, please send a 250 word paper abstract > > and/or a proposal for a session, and a 50 word bio and return by > > February 15, 2000 > > > > For further information and to submit abstract, please contact: > > O'Reilly, A.R.M. > > 726 Atkinson College, York University > > 4700 Keele Street Toronto, ON Canada M3J 1P3 > > call us at (416) 736-2100 x60366, or email us at arm@... > > > To submit an abstract, one must be a member of A.R.M. > > > O'Reilly, Ph.D, >Assistant Professor, >School of Women's Studies, >Founding President, >Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) >726 Atkinson College, >York University, >Toronto, Ontario, >Canada, M3J 1P3 >Fax: 905 775 1386 >Phone: 416 736 2100; Ex 60366 >Email: aoreilly@... > >Dona M. Avery >Arizona State University >Tempe, AZ 85287-0302 >http://www.public.asu.edu/~donam >/subscribe/ParentsOnFrontlines >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2002 Report Share Posted March 24, 2002 In a message dated 3/24/02 6:15:50 PM Central Standard Time, oneof13@... writes: > For All Us Moms Out There: > > If you send this to just one person, it should make it all the way > around by Mother's Day. > > This is for all the mothers who have sat up all night with sick > toddlers in their arms, wiping up barf laced with Mayer wieners and > cherry Kool-Aid saying, " It's OK honey, Mommy's here. " > > Who walk around the house all night with their babies when they keep > crying and won't stop. > > This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in their > hair and milk stains on their blouses and diapers in their purse. > > For all the mothers who run carpools and make cookies and sew Halloween > costumes. And all the mothers who DON'T. > > This is for the mothers who gave birth to babies they'll never see. And > the mothers who took those babies and gave them homes. > > This is for all the mothers who froze their buns off on metal bleachers > at football or soccer games Friday night instead of watching from cars, so > that when their kids asked, " Did you see me? " they could say, " Of course, I > wouldn't have missed it for the world, " and mean it. > > This is for all the mothers who yell at their kids in the grocery store > and swat them in despair when they stomp their feet like a tired 2-year old > who wants ice cream before dinner. > > This is for all the mothers who sat down with their children and > explained all about making babies. And for all the mothers who wanted to > but just couldn't. > > For all the mothers who read " Goodnight, Moon " twice a night for a > year. And then read it again. " Just one more time. " > > This is for all the mothers who taught their children to tie their > shoelaces before they started school. And for all the mothers who opted for > Velcro instead. > > This is for all the mothers who teach their sons to cook and their > daughters to sink a jump shot. > > This is for all mothers whose heads turn automatically when a little > voice calls " Mom? " in a crowd, even though they know their own off spring > are at home. > > This is for all the mothers who sent their kids to school with stomach > aches, assuring them they'd be just FINE once they got there, only to get > calls from the school nurse an hour later asking them to please pick them > up. Right away. > > This is for mothers whose children have gone astray, who can't find the > words to reach them. > > For all the mothers who bite their lips sometimes until they bleed - > when their 14 year olds dye their hair green. > > What makes a good Mother anyway? Is it patience? Compassion? Broad > hips? The ability to nurse a baby, cook dinner, and sew a button on a > shirt, all at the same time? Or is it heart? Is it the ache you feel when > you watch your son or daughter disappear down the street, walking to school > alone for the very first time? > > The jolt that takes you from sleep to dread, from bed to crib at 2 A.M. > to put your hand on the back of a sleeping baby? > > The need to flee from wherever you are and hug your child when you hear > news of a fire, a car accident, a child dying? > > For all the mothers of the victims of all these school shootings, and > the mothers of those who did the shooting. > > For the mothers of the survivors, and the mothers who sat in front of > their TVs in horror, hugging their child who just came home from school, > safely. > > This is for mothers who put pinwheels and teddy bears on their > children's graves. > > This is for young mothers stumbling through diaper changes and sleep > deprivation. > > And mature mothers learning to let go. > > For working mothers and stay-at-home mothers. > > Single mothers and married mothers. > > Mothers with money, mothers without. > > This is for you all. > > So hang in there. > > " Home is what catches you when you fall - and we all fall. " > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 1 Corinthians 13 for Moms I can read bedtime stories till the cow jumps over the moon and sing " Ten Little Monkeys " until I want to call the doctor - but if I don't have love, I'm as annoying as a ringing phone. I can chase a naked toddler through the house while cooking dinner and listening to voice mail, I can fix the best cookies and Kool-Aid in the neighborhood, and I can tell a sick child's temperature with one touch of my finger, but if I don't have love, I am nothing. Love is patient while watching and praying by the front window when it's 30 minutes past curfew. Love is kind when my teen says, " I hate you! " It does not envy the neighbors' swimming pool or their brand-new mini van, but trusts the Lord to provide every need. Love does not brag when other parents share their disappointments and insecurities, and love rejoices when other families succeed. It doesn't boast, even when I've multi-tasked all day long and my husband can't do more than one thing at a time. Love is not rude when my spouse innocently asks, " What have you done today? " It does not immediately seek after glory when we see talent in our children, but encourages them to get training and make wise choices. It is not easily angered, even when my 15-year-old acts like the world revolves around her. It does not delight in evil (is not self-righteous) when I remind my 17-year-old that he's going 83 in a 55-mph zone, but rejoices in the truth. Love does not give up hope. It always protects our children's self-esteem and spirit, even while doling out discipline. It always trusts God to protect our children when we cannot. It always perseveres, through blue nail polish, burps and other bodily functions, rolled eyes and crossed arms, messy rooms and sleepovers. Love never fails. But where there are memories of thousands of diaper changes and painful labor(s), they will fade away. Where there is talking back, it will (eventually) cease. (Please, Lord?) Where there is a teenager who thinks she knows everything, there will one day be an adult who knows you did your best. For we know we fail our children, and we pray they don't end up in therapy, but when we get to heaven, our imperfect parenting will disappear. (Thank you, God!) When we were children, we needed a parent to love and protect us. Now that we're parents ourselves, we have a heavenly Father who adores, shelters us and holds us when we need to cry. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. ~ unknown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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