Naleighna Kai's Literary Cafe Magazine May - Mother's Day Issue | Page 14

Janine A. Ingram
When a child is born, a mother is also born.
“The mother is the gateway of all human
life. When the mother is honored and
respected she becomes the channel of
power, creativity, beauty, which means joy
reigns on earth…”
In the movie “Malcolm X”, Malcolm told
his wife, Betty, “That a nation can rise no
higher than its woman.” Why? “Because
the woman is the first teacher…
Years ago, I went to a retreat for woman
and we learned to become acquainted
with our limitless and immeasurable value
so that we can realize our true potential
and rise to our proper place as the mother
of civilization. The main thing that I took
away was the sentiment: when you teach a
woman, you teach a nation. The “Womb”
is the workshop of God and that the
“Mother” is the Divine Self of God.
Those two thoughts left me feeling as
though there was something delightful in
being a mother or maybe even pleasurable
in being a woman when many of my life
experiences had not reinforced that truth.
I also realized that at that point that I had
never embodied the fullness of being a
mother.