Peace and Hope for Mothers Day
<h1>Peace and Hope for Mothers Day</h1> <p align=right>by Nicola Kennedy</p> <div align=justify>To all of the mothers whose children are fighting in wars - and to mothers whose children are growing up with wars raging around them or with terrorism threatening their safety... Wishes of strength, peace and hope for this Mother's Day...<br /> <br /> Arise then...women of this day!<br /> Arise, all women who have hearts!<br /> Whether your baptism be of water or of tears!<br /> Say firmly:<br /> "We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies,<br /> Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage,<br /> For caresses and applause.<br /> Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn<br /> All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.<br /> We, the women of one country,<br /> Will be too tender of those of another country<br /> To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."<br /> <br /> From the bosom of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with<br /> Our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm!<br /> The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."<br /> Blood does not wipe our dishonor,<br /> Nor violence indicate possession.<br /> As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war,<br /> Let women now leave all that may be left of home<br /> For a great and earnest day of counsel.<br /> Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.<br /> Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means<br /> Whereby the great human family can live in peace...<br /> Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,<br /> But of God -<br /> In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask<br /> That a general congress of women without limit of nationality,<br /> May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most convenient<br /> And the earliest period consistent with its objects,<br /> To promote the alliance of the different nationalities,<br /> The amicable settlement of international questions,<br /> The great and general interests of peace.<br /> <br /> Wouldn't it be wonderful if on some distant Mother's Day, the wishes of Julia Ward Howe could be fulfilled and the human race could celebrate a day when, all over the world, no mother would have to mourn the death of her child lost in war or terrorist attacks...<br /> <br /> To all of the mothers whose children are fighting in wars - and to mothers whose children are growing up with wars raging around them or with terrorism threatening their safety... Wishes of strength, peace and hope for this Mother's Day...</div> <p align=center>Article source: <a href="http://www.ArticlePros.com/holidays-special-occasions/Mothers-Day/article-18054.html">ArticlePros.com</a></p> <table align=center width=550 cellspacing=1 bgcolor=silver cellpadding=5> <tr bgcolor=antiquewhite> <td> <p align=center><b>About the author</b></p> <p align=justify>Nicola Kennedy has enjoyed some great Mother's Days, both as a grateful mom and a loving daughter. She can help you find great <a href="http://www.I-Love-My-Mom.com">Mother's Day gifts</a> with tips and news, information and views at http://www.I-Love-My-Mom.com<br /> <br /> This article may be reprinted in full so long as the resource box and the live links are included intact. All rights reserved. Copyright http://www.I-Love-My-Mom.com<br /> </p> <p align=left><a href="http://www.I-Love-My-Mom.com" target="_blank" title="will open in new window" class=blue>http://www.I-Love-My-Mom.com</a></p> <p align=center><input type=button class=asubm value="Other articles by Nicola Kennedy" onclick="document.location='http://www.ArticlePros.com/author.php?Nicola Kennedy'" style="height:20px;cursor:hand"></p> </td> </tr> </table>
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