{"id":2507,"date":"2013-04-10T10:49:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T17:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganfamilies\/?p=2507"},"modified":"2013-04-10T10:49:35","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T17:49:35","slug":"wednesday-wisdom-loving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganfamilies\/2013\/04\/wednesday-wisdom-loving\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Wisdom: Loving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A weekly Wednesday Wisdom post with two or three profound or beautiful thoughts on a theme related to Paganism and childbearing. An invitation to meditate or just to pause a moment and consider. Heart, love, growth, and imperfection\u2026<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cThough the human body is born complete in one moment, the birth of the human heart is an ongoing process. It is being birthed in every experience of your life.\u201d \u2013 John O\u2019Donahue<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cPerhaps we parents would judge ourselves less harshly if we acknowledged that we are not expected to love perfectly, equally, endlessly\u2026 We are merely parents who love our kids deeply but imperfectly, doing our best to raise them to love each other.\u201d \u2013 Rabbi Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How does your heart grow? How do you foster love in your children? Do you expect yourself to love perfectly or is it okay to love imperfectly?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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