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Daughter-in-law-hood

August 24th, 2016

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Have you read the Book of Ruth? Ruth is the ultimate daughter-in-law in the Jewish Bible. Even after her husband dies, Ruth remains with her mother-in-law, Naomi, refusing the request that she return to her own people. Ruth adopts Naomi’s religion and travels with her to the land…

By Jeanne|August 24th, 2016

Inheritance

August 17th, 2016

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What gets passed down in a family is an important theme in Eden. What do we inherit? Money, possessions? Possibly, but usually not without angst. Behaviors and opinions are also passed down, for better or worse. The obvious things like physical traits are easy for the outside…

By Jeanne|August 17th, 2016

Matriarchy

August 10th, 2016

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During my lifetime, the closest thing my family has had to a matriarch was my grandmother, not in the fact that she “ruled” our family but she lived until she was 96, was elegant and stately and was greatly admired by the generations that came after. She was my father’s…

By Jeanne|August 10th, 2016

The Mother – Daughter thing

August 3rd, 2016

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I remember how painful our arguments were. Worse than arguments, they were downright fights, awful to even recall now. As a daughter I failed at the mother/daughter relationship. But as a mother, I am getting a second chance. So far I would say it is going pretty well. Annie is…

By Jeanne|August 3rd, 2016

Naming

July 28th, 2016

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My youngest child, my daughter, is named after my mother just as I was named for my grandmother. I never got a chance to ask my mother specifically what her motivation was when she named me or what her mother’s reaction was to the tribute. She’d let me know that naming me…

By Jeanne|July 28th, 2016

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