Being a mother is much more than delivering a child. Motherhood is about devotion, selflessness and lifelong commitment. It’s about giving and not getting. It’s about true love—which is always doing what is in the best interest of the one who is loved. It’s about sacrifice—over and over and over. Sometimes it’s even about giving up dreams and aspirations in order to be sure that the needs of children are met.
In 2021, Katy Faust and Stacy Manning published Them Before Us, a book with a catchy title. “Them” is children and “us” is adults. The perspective of Them Before Us, and the organization by that name (see thembeforeus.com) is that the rights and needs of children should take priority over adult desires.
March is National Problem Gambling Awareness Month. In 1996 less than 1% of Wisconsin citizens, or about 32,425 residents were problem gamblers. The social costs related to those problem gamblers was over $300 million, or $9,469 per problem gambler. Those numbers clearly should have told us something. But sadly we failed to learn from our history.
National Marriage week is celebrated February 7-14. This is a week in which the benefits of marriage for society and for the individuals in a marriage are highlighted.
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