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The Sons of Martha" is a poem written by Rudyard Kipling. It is inspired by the biblical story of Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary . It celebrates the care and dedication of workers – engineers, mechanics, and builders – to provide for the safety and comfort of others.
According to the Midrash, the two women were mother- and daughter-in-law, both of whom had borne sons and whose husbands had died. The lying daughter-in-law was obliged by the laws of Yibbum to marry her brother-in-law unless released from the arrangement through a formal ceremony. As her brother-in-law was the living child, she was required to ...
Proverbs 31:28–29: "Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: 'Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.'" Proverbs 31:10-12: "Who could ...
A heavenly voice then proclaims, "A joyful mother of children (Psalms 113:9)." [8] A similar version of the tale occurs in the midrashic text Lamentations Rabbah (Chapter 1). In this version the woman is named Miriam bat Nahtom (Miriam, the Baker's Daughter).
My daughter-in-law and my son trusted us. When we arrived in the US, I was 59 and still had a lot of energy. I changed diapers, potty trained , cooked, and took the kids to fun places like the zoo.
His poem "Heart's Needle" proved inspirational for her in its theme of separation from his three-year-old daughter. [8] Sexton first read the poem at a time when her own young daughter was living with her mother-in-law. She, in turn, wrote "The Double Image", a poem which explores the multi-generational relationship between mother and daughter.
A mother and father have four children; their eldest, a son named Pete, has been sent to fight in the war, and their three daughters are still living with them. In the poem, the family gets a letter from Pete. Their oldest daughter calls for her father to "come up from the fields" and her mother to "come to the front door" to read the letter.
Dear Penny, My son and daughter-in-law got married in a courthouse and then later went to some island to have a wedding ceremony just for them. After they got home, my new daughter-in-law set up a ...