To The Giving Angels

Mothers_Day_2014Mothers risk their own life for the unborn child
Mothers risk their own health for the sake of the child
Mothers are the First Givers of our world
Mothers are the First Angels of our world Happy
Mother’s Day To The Giving Angels of Our World
                                            —Paul Mark Sutherland

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Fathers All

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Happy Fathers Day to all parents!

The most important thing a father
can do for his children
is to love their mother.
—Theodore Hesburgh

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The Power of Love

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NOTE: The finger paint artist, Alexandra, is a beautiful 12-year-old child from Sandpoint, Idaho, USA and lives everyday with Rett syndrome. Please take a moment to visit her web HERE.  It is beautiful and inspiring.

You will also enjoy a visit to her mother Catherine’s web HERE.

You can learn more about Diane Loomas, the poem’s author HERE.

And you can learn about the International Rett Syndrome Foundation HERE.

Enjoy!

 

If I had my child to raise all over again,
I’d build self-esteem first, and the house later.
I’d finger paint more, and point the finger less.
I would do less correcting and more connecting.
I’d take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.
I would care to know less and know to care more.
I’d take more hikes and fly more kites.
I’d stop playing serious, and seriously play.
I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars,
I’d do more hugging and less tugging.
I’d see the oak tree in the acorn more often,
I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.
I’d model less about the love of power,
And more about the power of love.
                                        —Diane Loomans