Essays - Jeanne Blasberg

Daughter-in-law-hood

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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|2408,2016

Inheritance

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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|1708,2016

Matriarchy

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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|1008,2016

The Mother – Daughter thing

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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|308,2016

Naming

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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|2807,2016

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Daughter-in-law-hood

Inheritance

Matriarchy

The Mother – Daughter thing

Naming

Daughter of

a Promise

The Nine

Eden