[MD] Social level for humans only

[John Carl]

Gladly Marsha.  Although it's only a temporal slice, I'm always eager to
share what I know.


On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 11:39 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:

>
> Hi John,
>
> Please me all you know of motherhood?



I know it's an attitude.  I know that it tries to cling to and encapsulate
what  needs to be free and exploring - thus is in constant dynamic tension.

 fierce in defense, gentle in repose.

Doesn't like being questioned.
Turns in a moment from loving to hateful.

Is proud and yet touched with an ineffable sadness.

The hand that rocks the cradle, rocks the whole world.




> And, by the way, how do you
> know it?



 Last night a cat had kittens in my underwear drawer.



> It always makes me laugh when men want to talk about
> motherhood...



Mothers make men.  Men make mothers laugh.




> Man can provide for a woman's life, but he can never
> enter that life.
>
>
Nobody can enter anybody's life, but we try in various ways.

The closest I ever came was the birth of our first child.  Lu and I in bed,
focused on each other's breathing.  There came a place, a process, I have no
idea how long it went on.  It seemed to both of us then and after, that we
were breathing and feeling as a team.  That I'd start her on her next
contraction when I could tell she was ready.  That I'd give her a rest when
she'd had enough.  That somehow, for this time there was nothing separating
us at all.  We carried that moment through a lot of life together.