Mom and me
Me and my daughter
My daughter and her daughters.
Suddenly, through birthing a daughter, a woman finds herself face to face
not only with an infant, a little girl, a woman-to-be, but also with
her own unresolved conflicts from the past and her hopes and dreams for
the future. Severing the umbilical cord to give a daughter breath joins a
woman with generation after generation of women who came before… and
this act of bodily separation connects each mother of a daughter with
the next generation of women. As though experiencing an earthquake,
mothers of daughters may find their lives shifted, their deep feelings
unearthed…
Elizabeth Debold, Marie C. Wilson, & Idelisse Malavé, Mother Daughter Revolution, 1993
From a quote I remember, “A son is a son till he takes a wife but a daughter is a daughter all of her life.”
ReplyDeleteThis! So true.
ReplyDeleteThe mother line is a powerful line.
ReplyDeleteHow I envy your collection of family photos.
ReplyDeleteAnd love this thought provoking post.
I found the words that you quoted so powerful and so true. Thank you for sharing--not only the quotation but the photographs of the line of daughters! Peace.
ReplyDeleteThese are some beautiful family photos and the quote is perfect.
ReplyDeleteI love the photos and I love the words! Big Hugs!
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