Beginning with our maternal ancestors who tilled the soil of loving and caring before us and influence women and mothers today, this engaging book follows the stages of the mother-child relationship, concluding with a look at the implications of sowing the seeds of love gained through motherhood out into the greater world.
Anthology, 242 pages
Professional Reviews
Judith M. Pendleton
I thought I was buying this book for my daughter for Mother's Day, but couldn't put it down. Then I ordered one for myself and friends who were becoming grandmothers and mothers for the first or multiple times. From chapter to chapter it drew me into my own lineage---giving me insights and recalling my memories of my grandmother, my mother, my mothering years, and my current life of grandmothering. Each page inspires and teaches though the fullness of it's unfamiliar prayersand excellent quotations, its concise seasonal stories and sacred readings about mothering from all religious standpoints. This is not a trite, usual collection of writings, but rather a beautifully arranged and worded compendium of the full range of women's emotions as they contemplate becoming mothers,as they experience birth or adoption, as they commiserate when problems or losses occur, as they struggle as single parents, as they empty their nest, as they grandparent and then look back upon the pains and joys of motherhood. No subject is omitted: miscarriage, children with addictions, stepparenting, adoption. It's really a book for any season of a woman's life and I wish everyone could read it.
