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<\/a>Motherhood, fatherhood, birth, transition, children, and grandchildren\u2026<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cMotherhood<\/em>\u00a0is the state a woman achieves once her baby has been born, or when she has young for whom to care.\u00a0 It also refers to a group of mothers, the mystical sisterhood of those women who have given birth and\/or perform mothering duties.\u201d \u2013 Arin Murphy-Hiscock, Pagan Pregnancy<\/em><\/p>\n
\u201cBecoming a father is not the fundamental journey of transformation that a woman makes to become a mother, but it is nevertheless a profound transition that merits both reflection and celebration.\u201d \u2013 Jackie Singer,\u00a0Birthrites<\/em><\/p>\n
\u201cI have the idea that we grandmothers are meant to play the part of protective witches; we must watch over younger women, children, community, and also, why not?, this mistreated planet, the victim of such unrelenting desecration. I would like to fly on a broomstick and dance in the moonlight with other pagan witches in the forest, invoking earth forces and howling demons.\u201d \u2013 Isabel Allende, Paula<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
What makes a person a mother? A father? A grandmother? A grandfather? Are mothers and fathers really so different from each other?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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