<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384186" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Precious Moments of Mothering</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Here inside this church<br>We sat on the same pew.<br>While others focused<br>their eyes at the front aisle<br>and towards the pulpit, <br>here beside me, I found<br>this woman cuddling<br>her own baby.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She held her child<br>close to her bosom, <br>hugged her<br>with all her warmth, <br>whispered words<br>to her ears<br>and drowned her child<br>with her loving smiles.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The child giggled, <br>closed her eyes and slept, <br>secured and contented<br>in her mother's robust arms<br>cuddled and assured<br>of a peaceful world.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Here beside this woman<br>I remembered my three girls<br>who now have moved out<br>to manage their own life.<br>Here on a Sunday in this church<br>I journeyed to the past days.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This woman's hugging<br>her own child<br>This mother's enfolding<br>her child by her two<br>strong arms<br>This mother's peace<br>while holding her child<br>touched deeply my heart.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Silently tears ran through<br>my cheeks as silent whispers<br>of such a great wave of emotions<br>of missing my own children<br>while recalling the precious moments<br>of mothering a child.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">____________________</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Elizabeth+Padillo+Olesen">Elizabeth Padillo Olesen</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384186" data-title="Precious Moments of Mothering de Elizabeth Padillo Olesen" data-description="Here inside this church We sat on the same pew. While others focused their eyes at the front aisle and towards the pulpit, here beside me, I found this woman cuddling her own baby. She held her child close to her bosom, hugged her with all her ..."></div> </div> </div>

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