“I will create life for many tomorrows.”
May 12, 2008
Vox has a rather moving reflection up at his site regarding motherhood:
Motherhood is a sacrifice. It may mean putting off a college education and a career, or even giving them up entirely. It may mean sacrificing a flawless figure. It may mean sacrificing dreams. It definitely means putting two, three, four or more lives ahead of your own. But motherhood is also an expression of hope. Motherhood is a vote of confidence in the future of mankind. Motherhood is the brave voice of a woman saying, “I will not live life for today. I will create life for many tomorrows.”
Would that our society placed the same value it once did on the idea of self-sacrifice for the benefit of another. Would that our society placed the same value it once did on the idea that one could find boundless meaning and fulfillment in self-denial, especially if one did so for the benefit of another.
And to all those women who still understand the value and meaning in such things, and who can see the necessity in such things, let me say a belated “thank you” that should, more properly, have been uttered yesterday.
