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On Cooper and Emily’s site, themotherhood.com, they post the following as their charter. I think it’s fabulous!
We Know. We Believe. It’s Time.
We know
Becoming a mother means becoming a wholly new human being
And that transformation can be overwhelming, exhilarating, confusing, wonderful, challenging
We know
When mama ain’t happy, nobody’s happy
We know
Mothers shoulder so much
Put everyone else first
See the forest through the trees
We know
We bust our tails no matter where the heck we work
When we set our minds to something, nothing stops us
We know
Mothers are the rock
We provide the soft place to fall
And we’re the ones who connect the dots
We know
No mother is perfect
There is no right way of mothering
That we are all on our own paths
We know
We all have histories and hurts
We have a story to tell
And something to contribute
We know
No one understands a mother like another mother
We need each other
We know
The world underestimates its mothers
And we sometimes underestimate ourselves
We believe
Society needs to give mothers a break
And we need to stop beating ourselves up
We believe
Every one of us has her own gifts
And, every step of the way, we’re learning a bit more about who we are
We believe
That mothers working together can accomplish anything
That there is infinite power in a community of mothers
We believe
The web opens up endless possibilities
And we are only limited by our imaginations as to how to use it for good
It’s time
For mothers to have a neighborhood of our own
A place that is smart, safe, positive, productive and warm
It’s time
To stop listening to the judgmental voices that second guess every move we make
To embrace our inner matriarch
It’s time
To remind the universe that it’s the mothers who make the world go around
It’s time
To make everything a little better
in our lives
in our communities
on the earth
together.
Because…
If the mothers don’t change the world, who will?
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