These are beautiful. Thank you! Happy Mother's Day to the strongest of moms--those PITT who model courage, intuition, and real womanhood for their children.
My mother gave me this album when I was five ... it was on CONSTANTLY in our house. I loved that album when I was a kid. My mom is long gone now. I wish she were here today so I could talk to her and she could talk to my daughter. Enjoy the entire album.
I appreciate what's been said here so much. I'd like to add, for all the gender non-conforming young men facing a world that encourages them to turn themselves into "women" rather than accepting them as they are.
I celebrate the boys who exchanged shoes with friends in nursery school so they could wear sparkly too. The boys who liked wearing the princess outfit in the dress up corner while play-acting swinging a sword in battle. The boys who liked to read and act out character stories, but who would also have appreciated being included in the recess soccer games. The boys who liked to dance, and to create art, and to make music. The boys who like to cuddle stuffed animals and even dolls just as much as they like playing with toy trains and trucks. The boys with an eye for fashion. The boys with ready sympathy for friends who just cannot fathom how to hide behind a screen of machismo even though they get taunted for it. The boys who liked learning to skate for hockey, but then saw figure skating and liked that more. The boys who love the cute and the beautiful and the sentimental things despite the world telling them to "toughen up and act like men."
If a mother's prayer can be amplified on Mother's Day, I pray that the world will stop insisting that "boys will be boys" applies only to the rough and tumble, sports and bravado crowd. I pray that the gentle boys and the quirky boys are accepted as they are and allowed to grow into the gentle and quirky men they will be without having to "toughen up". And mostly, I pray that acceptance becomes more widespread before those boys and those young men decide they must be in the wrong body if the world keeps telling them they are "wrong" as the men that they are.
We are mothers. We birthed and raised children - each of whom is a gift just as they are. My best wishes to all the mothers out there this Mother's Day.
Thank you. Brought me to tears. I m lucky that my daughter is now 20 years old, before seeking hormones, but is on the autism spectrum and does not have the maturity of an adult. I am losing this battle. I sit here knowing her testosterone is waiting for her at the pharmacy. She told she took a bicycle to pick up her syringes, needles, and another trip to the hardware store for a needle box container. On the week end we went to the trampoline park. I watched as this 20 year old walks around clutching a stuffed opossum, thinking should my daughter, at 20 , who s walking around with a stuffed animal be injecting herself with testosterone. But planned parenthood says , “ she s 18” which makes her able to get it with one virtual visit. 😢
Beautiful words of encouragement! The strongest mothers protect their children even at the expense of their own relationships- that's the tragedy.
These are beautiful. Thank you! Happy Mother's Day to the strongest of moms--those PITT who model courage, intuition, and real womanhood for their children.
These are lovely, thank you. I had never heard of "Free to be, you and me", just looked it up, interesting! I've downloaded it to my Spotify 🙂
My mother gave me this album when I was five ... it was on CONSTANTLY in our house. I loved that album when I was a kid. My mom is long gone now. I wish she were here today so I could talk to her and she could talk to my daughter. Enjoy the entire album.
Thank you, Happy mothers day to all.
Thank you, thank you, for seeing me and understanding perfectly
Thank you.
I appreciate what's been said here so much. I'd like to add, for all the gender non-conforming young men facing a world that encourages them to turn themselves into "women" rather than accepting them as they are.
I celebrate the boys who exchanged shoes with friends in nursery school so they could wear sparkly too. The boys who liked wearing the princess outfit in the dress up corner while play-acting swinging a sword in battle. The boys who liked to read and act out character stories, but who would also have appreciated being included in the recess soccer games. The boys who liked to dance, and to create art, and to make music. The boys who like to cuddle stuffed animals and even dolls just as much as they like playing with toy trains and trucks. The boys with an eye for fashion. The boys with ready sympathy for friends who just cannot fathom how to hide behind a screen of machismo even though they get taunted for it. The boys who liked learning to skate for hockey, but then saw figure skating and liked that more. The boys who love the cute and the beautiful and the sentimental things despite the world telling them to "toughen up and act like men."
If a mother's prayer can be amplified on Mother's Day, I pray that the world will stop insisting that "boys will be boys" applies only to the rough and tumble, sports and bravado crowd. I pray that the gentle boys and the quirky boys are accepted as they are and allowed to grow into the gentle and quirky men they will be without having to "toughen up". And mostly, I pray that acceptance becomes more widespread before those boys and those young men decide they must be in the wrong body if the world keeps telling them they are "wrong" as the men that they are.
We are mothers. We birthed and raised children - each of whom is a gift just as they are. My best wishes to all the mothers out there this Mother's Day.
Yes, in some ways it's even harder for a boy to break the mould.
Lovely. 💕
Thank you. 💔
Thank you. Brought me to tears. I m lucky that my daughter is now 20 years old, before seeking hormones, but is on the autism spectrum and does not have the maturity of an adult. I am losing this battle. I sit here knowing her testosterone is waiting for her at the pharmacy. She told she took a bicycle to pick up her syringes, needles, and another trip to the hardware store for a needle box container. On the week end we went to the trampoline park. I watched as this 20 year old walks around clutching a stuffed opossum, thinking should my daughter, at 20 , who s walking around with a stuffed animal be injecting herself with testosterone. But planned parenthood says , “ she s 18” which makes her able to get it with one virtual visit. 😢
Thank you ❤️
"This story isn't over." Hell no it's not.
Sending you both so much love!