I am saying don’t pour accolades on mothers in front of those who can’t.

You can’t compare Christmas/Jewish children with Mother’s Day/infertile.

My intent is to shed light on the whole weird idea of these unnecessary artificial social rituals.

Does Valentine’s day unduly pick at those scabs of those without a love in their lives? Does Christmas make the Jewish kids sad?

I think you see what I’m getting at.

I wasn’t talking about “breeding”, I am talking about infertility. Perhaps you haven’t experienced the excruciating heartache to want to be a mother, or a father and to not be able to be so. It isn’t a matter of “propagating”, it’s wanting to be a mother. I suppose you would have to experience it to empathise or even sympathise with it. It’s not a matter of pity. I am not talking about having hordes of children. How about one? I speak from very painful experience here. There was a time when I thought my body would completely betray me and I would never have a baby. And I don’t mean just through birth, but that we would never be able to afford to adopt, either. Yes, I sympathise with the men too.

some people pity a family who only have two kids

I just pity families with two children if rick is their dad. ;)

If you want to make up a new celebration for all the non-mothers who like to fancy themselves breeders, go ahead.

I’m telling you that I think Mothers day acknowledgements should be reserved for actual mothers … here on Earth.

Call me a purist.

“Frankly, I think it’s nice to have some celebration in sacrament meeting. I think it does a whole lot more good in bringing the ward together as a community than everyone sitting there with glazed eyes listening to someone’s silly sentimental twist on tired doctrine.”

You should move to my ward then… You’ll NEVER hear it!

Every woman is a “mother in zion”

Melissa, where does that idea come from?