Child parenting
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Mom and daughter climb the local sledding slope one brisk winter morning.
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My friend’s 3 week old baby All profits from the sale of this photo will go to the Bonnie Babes Foundation, who provide 24 hour, 7 day per week counselling for families that have experienced the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or prematurity and related issues such as infertility. * Medical equipment to hospitals for premature babies and * Vital medical research projects into pregnancy loss and complications after birth.
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promoting life born to be wild fetus grahic. In humans, the fetal stage of prenatal development begins about eight weeks after fertilization, when the major structures and organ systems have formed,until birth.
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Happy nude baby in modern baby bath tub
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The image was taken at Bat Galim promenade Haifa Israel, Purim 2008. Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people of the ancient Persian Empire from Haman’s plot to annihilate them, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Esther). According to the story, Haman cast lots to determine the day upon which to exterminate the Jews. Purim is celebrated annually according to the Hebrew calendar on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar, the day following the victory of the Jews over their enemies; as with all Jewish holidays, Purim begins at sundown on the previous secular day. Purim is characterized by public recitation of the Book of Esther , giving mutual gifts of food and drink (mishloach manot), giving charity to the poor, and a celebratory meal ; other customs include drinking wine, wearing of masks and costumes, and public celebration. Jewish exiles from the Kingdom of Judah who had been living in the Babylonian captivity (6th Century BCE) found themselves under Persian rule after Babylonia was in turn conquered by the Persian Empire. According to the Book of Esther, Haman, royal vizier to King Ahasuerus / Xerxes, planned to kill the Jews, but his plans were foiled by Esther, who was made queen after Xerxes kicked out his previous queen, Vashti, and Mordechai, the palace gatekeeper for Xerxes who raised Esther when her parents died, though he was her cousin. The Jews were delivered from being the victims of an evil decree against them and were instead allowed by the King to destroy their enemies, and the day after the battle was designated as a day of feasting and rejoicing.
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The image was taken at Bat Galim promenade Haifa Israel. Purim Jewish holiday 2008. Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people of the ancient Persian Empire from Haman’s plot to annihilate them, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Esther). According to the story, Haman cast lots to determine the day upon which to exterminate the Jews. Purim is celebrated annually according to the Hebrew calendar on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar, the day following the victory of the Jews over their enemies; as with all Jewish holidays, Purim begins at sundown on the previous secular day. Purim is characterized by public recitation of the Book of Esther , giving mutual gifts of food and drink (mishloach manot), giving charity to the poor, and a celebratory meal ; other customs include drinking wine, wearing of masks and costumes, and public celebration. Jewish exiles from the Kingdom of Judah who had been living in the Babylonian captivity (6th Century BCE) found themselves under Persian rule after Babylonia was in turn conquered by the Persian Empire. According to the Book of Esther, Haman, royal vizier to King Ahasuerus / Xerxes, planned to kill the Jews, but his plans were foiled by Esther, who was made queen after Xerxes kicked out his previous queen, Vashti, and Mordechai, the palace gatekeeper for Xerxes who raised Esther when her parents died, though he was her cousin. The Jews were delivered from being the victims of an evil decree against them and were instead allowed by the King to destroy their enemies, and the day after the battle was designated as a day of feasting and rejoicing.
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The image was taken at Bat Galim promenade Haifa Israel. Purim jewish holiday 2008. Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people of the ancient Persian Empire from Haman’s plot to annihilate them, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Esther). According to the story, Haman cast lots to determine the day upon which to exterminate the Jews. Purim is celebrated annually according to the Hebrew calendar on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar, the day following the victory of the Jews over their enemies; as with all Jewish holidays, Purim begins at sundown on the previous secular day. Purim is characterized by public recitation of the Book of Esther , giving mutual gifts of food and drink (mishloach manot), giving charity to the poor, and a celebratory meal ; other customs include drinking wine, wearing of masks and costumes, and public celebration. Jewish exiles from the Kingdom of Judah who had been living in the Babylonian captivity (6th Century BCE) found themselves under Persian rule after Babylonia was in turn conquered by the Persian Empire. According to the Book of Esther, Haman, royal vizier to King Ahasuerus / Xerxes, planned to kill the Jews, but his plans were foiled by Esther, who was made queen after Xerxes kicked out his previous queen, Vashti, and Mordechai, the palace gatekeeper for Xerxes who raised Esther when her parents died, though he was her cousin. The Jews were delivered from being the victims of an evil decree against them and were instead allowed by the King to destroy their enemies, and the day after the battle was designated as a day of feasting and rejoicing.
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The image was taken at Bat Galim promenade Haifa Israel. Purim Jewish holday 2008. Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people of the ancient Persian Empire from Haman’s plot to annihilate them, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Esther). According to the story, Haman cast lots to determine the day upon which to exterminate the Jews. Purim is celebrated annually according to the Hebrew calendar on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar, the day following the victory of the Jews over their enemies; as with all Jewish holidays, Purim begins at sundown on the previous secular day. Purim is characterized by public recitation of the Book of Esther , giving mutual gifts of food and drink (mishloach manot), giving charity to the poor, and a celebratory meal ; other customs include drinking wine, wearing of masks and costumes, and public celebration. Jewish exiles from the Kingdom of Judah who had been living in the Babylonian captivity (6th Century BCE) found themselves under Persian rule after Babylonia was in turn conquered by the Persian Empire. According to the Book of Esther, Haman, royal vizier to King Ahasuerus / Xerxes, planned to kill the Jews, but his plans were foiled by Esther, who was made queen after Xerxes kicked out his previous queen, Vashti, and Mordechai, the palace gatekeeper for Xerxes who raised Esther when her parents died, though he was her cousin. The Jews were delivered from being the victims of an evil decree against them and were instead allowed by the King to destroy their enemies, and the day after the battle was designated as a day of feasting and rejoicing.
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happy mother with her baby
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God Bless our Child Painted acrylic on matte board 8X10. 1998 / Revised in Photoshop Elements 3 using filter effects, 2008. Jack.McCabe ©
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Sometimes when I walk, I see things that amaze me for so many different / reasons. Obviously this is both repulsive and thought provoking. Whom, what, why would someone, anyone write this? Is a political statement? A funny joke. The memory of something so horrific that this “tag” is the only / outlet? Sometimes when I walk, I laugh. Sometimes I don’t. Best viewed larger. / Cannon 5D 28/ 105 / -1.0 ex / 1600 ISO / no flash
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LAURA / Almost 21 years ago, I gave birth to my second daughter. / I was happily married, had a beautiful two year old – Katie – and we lived on a small farm raising miniature horses, amidst a beautiful rural setting near the ocean. I could not have wished for more. I had no idea that when I took my beautiful four month old baby Laura, for her immunisations, that she would come away with more than the literature said. Sure there was a fever, sure there was a bad reaction…there was also brain damage. We got told that Laura would never walk or talk, that she would never go to school like other children, and might need to be institutionalized. It was a heartbreaking prognosis, all the more so as we were already faced with the awareness that all was not well with our little girl. Laura did not sleep for over two years and our family fell apart. Even with a broken marriage, we still believed and hoped that Laura would have a good life. That was our wish, even though every day was full of trials and difficulties. I believe that our little girl was special. I also came to realize that so too were we, her parents. Only very special people get a child like this. / SO this is what has kept me going, on days when I could tear my hair out, on days when I believe I have failed so badly as a Mother, on days when I am so angry, or exhausted or depressed, or ready to give up….. this belief that both she and I are special, has helped me to keep going. And who would argue? This little girl has been my greatest teacher and still is. She is mental age 8, but emotional age 4, her condition is probably best described as autism. She did not walk until she was almost two, and did not talk until she was seven. But she has never considered herself hard done by, or disabled, or different. In fact she has sailed through life not even considering it – it was only in recent years I tried to explain what “disability” meant, and why she was a part of “Disability Services” and her eyes widened, and she got very excited and said in a whispered voice “wow! Does anyone know I have a disability? Can I tell my friends and my carers?” Laura takes every moment as it comes and lives it to the fullest. / She focuses on what is important to her and all else can just fade away. (like wearing “zig zag dot dots” – it was crucial for her to wear zig zag dot dots to primary school as a little girl and we took forever to get it! They were school sandals with special tread that left footprints on the sand with zigzags and dots on them….. and this girl saw them everyday at school in the playground…and wanted to leave the same footprints as everyone else!) / When asked what she wanted for Christmas, she would be happy with “new thongs” because they made her feel good. When she wanted to have her hair done “like a cow’s udder” and I sat there scratching my head and wondering if she wanted four bits sticking out like cow’s teats…..she simply said she wanted her hair like a cow’s udder so it would “swing from side to side when I run”.... lol Over the years, on so many occasions, she has told me that “Today is the BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!” and you know what? I have believed her. And being near her in this energy, it has become the best day of my life too! Next week, Laura turns 21. She has completed 12 years at School (and God bless all the amazing and gifted souls who have helped teach her along the way, and become an integral part of her journey and ours) she has many friends, she CAN walk and talk, and read and write and spell….and she now has a job doing something she absolutely loves. / She washes buses for a major coachline and her love of big machinery is fascinating to witness. She has spent a lifetime adoring the milk tankers that come to our dairy farm (picture a child who runs out to greet the milk tanker each day, even leaping naked from her bath to run “in the raw” across the lawn to wave at the tanker driver!) and the big buses that travel our highways. When we jokingly ask if the shiny steel of the tankers and dimensions of the buses reminds her of the “Mothership” she came here in, she laughs and says an absolute YES! Now she gets to wash and polish buses everyday and never tires of it. Now I won’t go into the negative stuff, suffice to say, any parent with a disabled child knows only too well how constant and full on the bad stuff can be, how completely engulfing, painful and exhausting the endless battles can be, and worse still, how you must spend your time focusing on the negative and villifying your child on many levels through paperwork, interviews, applications etc, simply to get the system to help you…..Yet all the while, as a parent only ever wanting to believe the best for your son or daughter. It is a duality that has nearly destroyed my belief time after time. But today, as with most days, I choose to see the positive. Laura teaches me to be free, to stop worrying what people think; to live in the moment, enjoy the little things, and your friends, and to not care about judgments. Most of all, Laura let’s go of stuff. She can be angry or hurt or annoyed, but she gets over it in a flash. And she forgives so quickly and never ever holds a grudge. Not once. When something is over, it is forgotten. She teaches me how easy it is to “let go” of the stuff that does not serve me. She is passionate about whales and dolphins, and the Free Willy movies have been her all time favourites throughout her life, along with (for some perhaps symbolic reason) the movie “Stand by ME”. She has been through numerous copies of these movies on video and DVD and worn them out. As a gift for her birthday, and to honour who she is, I have created the image here for her, and had it printed and mounted. Her party is next week, she has people from all over town and this community coming to share the night with her and celebrate. And I just wanted to share my thoughts here and her story, so that wherever you are or whoever you are, you realize that sometimes circumstances present you with situations you have no way of coping with, yet a shift in attitude can make a world of difference. And you can believe in the positive, you can see that you are special and turn these hardships into opportunities. And feel very blessed. Sometimes the people you think most unlikely to have any effect on you, or even who might be a negative factor in your existence, become the ones who will have the greatest impact and bring about the most positive changes in how you view life. Because as Laura’s mother, no matter what I have been through and have yet to endure, I feel very blessed. (Thank you Laura for choosing me as your Mother, and may you have a wonderful birthday and continue to be blessed with a “good life”.....)
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I look at my son’s photograph / Where it hangs in it’s place / And as I look, I have to laugh / As I see my own face! / / I see myself long years ago / Now doing what I’ve done / And each new day as my son grows / Like father and like son / / No prouder can a father be / Than I am of my son / I look at him and often see / Myself, although outdone / / So much alike, yet different still / And that’s just fine by me / His own dreams now, yet to fulfill / Own branch on family tree / / This digital painting was inspired by my oldest son, D.J., who looks almost identical to what I looked like at this age. Very spooky, and very heartwarming at the same time. It kind of reminds me of the ‘Picture of Dorian Grey’! LOL / / The painting was made from a photo taken at the awards ceremony of the state finals for his soccer team. I am very proud of my son, as it seems there is nothing he can’t do once he puts his mind to it. He has had his own artwork win competitions which has been featured online. He is an accomplished trumpet musician and has been featured as a soloist in his school band across the state. He is a state contender with his cross-country team, and competes across the state. And he also runs in sponsored events to raise funds for different charities. He is also my namesake, although we’ve always called him D.J. rather than ‘Junior’. / / It is almost as if he has chosen to follow in my own footsteps, without ever being guided or pressured to do so. I was a good soccer player. I held two records in my Junior High school for the two-mile run. I have been a guitar musician for years. I won my first art competition in High School. You can see why this seems so spooky! I could not have been more blessed in the wonderful son life has awarded me. / I Love You, D.J.!! / / The digital painting was created in Photoshop. The original is 4800×6000 pixels at 300 pixels per inch. Because the original is so large and difficult to see over the internet, I have included a couple of detail cutaways below. The detail cutaways are at 50% of the original size of the artwork. / / / / / / / /
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The piano has been in the family for decades, passed down through three generations. I will never forget my daughter’s glee the day she discovered the piano and my husband’s joy in sitting down with her at the piano for the first of many times.
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Like a shadow, my daughter is with me, even when she is miles away. Although I am many other things, being a mother has redefined and enhanced every facet of my life. The line in the sidewalk connects our hearts – no matter what, we will always be connected.
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Pride a Mother has when she gazes upon her child… It’s written on her face. Photo by my daughter.
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