call to serve

Stirred by theme of “vocation or call” at d’Verse Poets today…

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young women

attend college

afraid to admit

perhaps their

fondest dream:

“I just want to

be a mother.”

“JUST”  ??!!

go for it, girl!

yes, do pursue

the education

you desire in

becoming a

better person

but don’t let

any feminazi

talking head

denigrate you

for aspiring to

the high calling

of motherhood!

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They say that man is mighty,

He governs land and sea,

He wields a mighty sceptre, 

O’er lesser powers that be,

But a mightier power and stronger,

Man from his throne has hurled,

For the hand that rocks the cradle,

Is the hand that rules the world.

                       -William Ross Wallace

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Note:  I found a totally different version of his poem here:  http://www.potw.org/archive/potw391.html

28 Comments (+add yours?)

  1. writerwannabe763's avatar writerwannabe763
    Apr 02, 2015 @ 23:29:01

    My sentiments also…. nobody ‘has’ to be a mother if they don’t want to but they don’t have the right to take another’s dream for doing so… Diane

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  2. katiemiafrederick's avatar katiemiafrederick
    Apr 02, 2015 @ 16:45:54

    Ah.. the mother of child is progenitor in love of man and woman alike.. the seed of love of humankind and cooperation is in the mother’s love.. no greater power is the unconditional love of a mother true.. alive.. embracing arms of warm.. without that addiction.. criminality.. and psychopathic leaning minds can roam.. but truly it all comes back to the love of a mother well nurtured and true in now..:)

    Is it no wonder we have Isis.. the Egyptian Goddess.. Mary.. and so many other authorities of unconditional giving mother love to respect.. as the love of the mother’s eyes is truly what makes humanity what it can and will be at most in unconditional LOVE!..is WHAT WE NEED NOW..:)

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  3. Glenn Buttkus's avatar Glenn Buttkus
    Apr 01, 2015 @ 20:38:30

    So many talented women do both these days, God knows how, a vocation & motherhood. My middle daughter is an RN, & is pregnant with her 4th child; my wife is a teacher, & we raised 3 wonderful girls. Life is short, & we need to propagate to preserve goodness midst the chaos.

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