tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post2586917153080583050..comments2023-10-06T07:39:03.825-04:00Comments on Boston Shumways: Happy Mother’s Day! (and a give away)bostonshumwayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105553188163202679noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-44953448193013135702013-05-20T15:25:05.547-04:002013-05-20T15:25:05.547-04:00Dying for a copy of this book! Read the essay onli...Dying for a copy of this book! Read the essay online and even posted it on my blog; perfectly encapsulates what motherhood *should* be about.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04135190793124857820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-44442029926997360642013-05-20T09:04:23.542-04:002013-05-20T09:04:23.542-04:00Beautiful essay and print. I would LOVE to read t...Beautiful essay and print. I would LOVE to read this book. Thank you for sharing!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09818963441498658472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-24236149349530226782013-05-15T18:50:33.083-04:002013-05-15T18:50:33.083-04:00Love it Saydi.Love it Saydi.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912466557223829314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-80918187382392488712013-05-15T17:37:04.486-04:002013-05-15T17:37:04.486-04:00Saydi - thank you so much for sharing this with me...Saydi - thank you so much for sharing this with me. Hope you got my email. I loved her final point: "what other career could claim as its end-product the elevation of a human soul?"<br /><br />Thank you for lifting mothers everywhere. Love you so much. xoCathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12266580814892668109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-59589052989755471062013-05-14T16:52:41.434-04:002013-05-14T16:52:41.434-04:00I would LOVE this blog, I am trying to teach Flyin...I would LOVE this blog, I am trying to teach Flying Lessons while trying not to hover as a helicopter parent!chercardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314841357351024070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-70328378886841959512013-05-14T11:56:45.564-04:002013-05-14T11:56:45.564-04:00Hi I'm Heather! Please email me when you get a...Hi I'm Heather! Please email me when you get a chance, I have a question about your blog! LifesABanquet1(at)gmail.comHeatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04104895709983001125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-34403845381546460322013-05-13T23:18:54.426-04:002013-05-13T23:18:54.426-04:00Looks like a good read. Really love the art. Than...Looks like a good read. Really love the art. Thanks for sharing.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10102974305059616885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-57402918276627429812013-05-13T22:46:00.904-04:002013-05-13T22:46:00.904-04:00I love love love this essay. I cannot wait to be ...I love love love this essay. I cannot wait to be a mom someday!!!!! It truly is the greatest calling on earth.Jared + Carly Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278594819305602731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-30479613035804981362013-05-13T16:21:39.236-04:002013-05-13T16:21:39.236-04:00I loved reading this. What a privilege motherhood ...I loved reading this. What a privilege motherhood is! I would love to be entered into the drawing! Thanks for postingmbradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300574793981052786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-87572019568475831482013-05-13T16:21:35.241-04:002013-05-13T16:21:35.241-04:00That last paragraph - moves me every time I read i...That last paragraph - moves me every time I read it. What a beautiful insight and perspective.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14200583119298815318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-60712324470849709562013-05-13T15:46:43.352-04:002013-05-13T15:46:43.352-04:00I have had this exact experience with three differ...I have had this exact experience with three different nieces...and absolutely love the conclusion this woman came to. I can't wait to share it with my family! What a beautiful essay, I can't wait to read the book! MaurLohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885101727734888408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-10410515290707773212013-05-13T15:00:22.411-04:002013-05-13T15:00:22.411-04:00I loved this post your sister did on her blog! Now...I loved this post your sister did on her blog! Now I just need to print that piece of art and get it hung in my home! Would love to read the rest of the book as well. Cassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01645393196019912498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-7078329247664037702013-05-13T13:24:31.817-04:002013-05-13T13:24:31.817-04:00Loved the perspective! Thanks for posting!Loved the perspective! Thanks for posting!Whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544313735882508778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-46907442325937452662013-05-13T12:29:50.320-04:002013-05-13T12:29:50.320-04:00This is such a touching essay! Very inspiring and ...This is such a touching essay! Very inspiring and empowering. What a great way to start my week remembering that I too can teach these children of mine how to fly. Thanks for the give away<br />Linda Stone<br />lindastonini@gmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-21065230693409016462013-05-13T01:50:39.330-04:002013-05-13T01:50:39.330-04:00The whole essay is just remarkably moving. I love ...The whole essay is just remarkably moving. I love how she explains the picture so well, her description makes me want to be that strong mother for my children. So much to love in this essay!Kkellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03489858914543267380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-2881569626336515312013-05-12T20:35:34.218-04:002013-05-12T20:35:34.218-04:00I have actually wondered to myself how I would ans...I have actually wondered to myself how I would answer that very question: “why would anyone want to be a mom?” Sometimes, I feel like I would have a wonderful and profound and uplifting answer. Other times I feel like I'm not quite sure myself. <br /><br />I loved the answer in this essay. I would love to win this giveaway!<br /><br />Camile <br />parson27@gmail.comCamilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04943372268926954876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-39646708415165315012013-05-12T15:05:28.137-04:002013-05-12T15:05:28.137-04:00This is exactly how I feel only I can never articu...This is exactly how I feel only I can never articulate it this way when one of my co-workers looks stunned when they find out that I "only" work one day a week. Little do they know that that one day is actually my "day off."<br />Would love to win this book. I read the essay on your sisters blog, and I just skimmed it again. Love it.CathyMAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03594563915354310248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18321256.post-63627318449611267322013-05-12T02:16:17.248-04:002013-05-12T02:16:17.248-04:00What a great post. I really liked the essay. My ...What a great post. I really liked the essay. My favorite line was, "Until she turned back to teach a child she loved to fly, my sister couldn’t know the profound joy I felt to hear my children lovingly and patiently teaching one another." I am a young mother of 3 and can relate to what the essay had to say.<br />Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12103960565024099312noreply@blogger.com