~May 8
My mother, she was from a good clan.
The earth of her clan was good earth.
The earth of her clan bore good crops.
My mother’s earth bore good wheat.
She mowed it, she threshed it,
and she gathered its grain from the floor.
-Greek folksong
In many cultures, the mother of the family is honored as a leader of the clan or nation. This reverence is shown in various ways. Sometimes her children bear name; in other cases the family wealth belongs to her. In some cultures, prin decisions are made by the clan mothers or grandmothers. Even the decision al whether or not to go to war rests in women’s hands, for it is understood women-out of concern for the future of their children-will be careful and make wise decisions.
In our own world today, motherhood is rarely sufficiently honored. One each year, there are brunches and corsages and little gifts of love. But the rest o time? As a culture, we do not respect the great gift of mothering. Women’s wo raising the next generation is taken for granted. Yet it is a vital service to hum one that deserves to be acknowledged continually.
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