Comments on: Do moms deserve others’ respect?

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:14:26 +0000

LOL, Sarah—that was the first thing DH & I thought of!

@Lindsey—Thank you for agreeing!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:12:40 +0000

I love this post! I’ve had similar thoughts before, but thanks for articulating them so well.

While I can name several things my mother did for me (number ONE giving me life), I’m not sure I know what astronauts have done for me — other than freeze-dried ice cream. But I guess scientists invented that.

Great blog!

By: Jordan

Jordan — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:36:08 +0000

I’m glad to hear that, EE!

By: Elizabeth Esther

Elizabeth Esther — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:20:39 +0000

Some thought-provoking ideas. I guess I never really thought about whether or not I deserve the same respect as, say, an astronaut. But I will say I think my job is more personally rewarding than any other!

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:02:33 +0000

And my name is Lindsey, not Lindse:)

By: Lindse

Lindse — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:01:58 +0000

While I’d like to add to what’s been said and say something totally uplifting, I’m in quite a snippy mood right now and can’t get the catty comments out of my head to make way for the good ones. I just can’t believe what some people will say…

Thank you for posting this, Jordan! I know my life has been positively affected because of mothers. My own, my friends’, and it’s all been coming down the line through many generations of top notch moms. One of my favorite things to do is read stories of my ancestors and think of how my life has been affected by the good things they did years and years ago. On the headstone of my grandmother’s grave it reads “O Gentle Presence.” I get teary every time I see it because even though I haven’t met her, I know she was fantastic. The love she showed her family and the patience that she taught her children with come through in the way my own mother treats me. I love and respect her all the more for it even though she died almost ten years before I was born.

What we do matters, and it’s sad that most people won’t realize that.