{"id":2037,"date":"2011-10-30T01:00:13","date_gmt":"2011-10-30T05:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2011-10-31T18:31:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T22:31:48","slug":"the-love-of-a-mother-and-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/10\/the-love-of-a-mother-and-son.html","title":{"rendered":"The Love of a Mother and Son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>by Michelle Demeree<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Shelly is a deacon and member at Special Gathering with is a ministry within the mentally challenged community. \u00a0She is also a writer. \u00a0She loves to share God&#8217;s love with others.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/files\/2011\/10\/Copy-3-of-shelley-and-friends-at-Special-Gathering.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2038 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/234\/2011\/10\/Copy-3-of-shelley-and-friends-at-Special-Gathering-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When my grandmother died, I came to know that there is a different kind of love. \u00a0We have boyfriends and girlfriends; but there is a more real love than this. \u00a0It is is the love our parents have for us and we have for them.<\/p>\n<p>My father and his mother had a different kind of love for each other.<\/p>\n<p>It was a veyr spiritual relationship. \u00a0They shared lots of stories. \u00a0They talked on the phone. \u00a0They talked iwtn they were together sharing their stories.<\/p>\n<p>She also came to see him because he is sick. \u00a0She made time to be with him. 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