We know that men will never really understand it because they've never experienced it. They can't have babies, or a miscarriage, or be barren (infertile, maybe, and we have to be sympathetic to that too). During my pregnancies I was extremely sick most of the time. I threw up a lot, I had to have an IV once, and my last pregnancy left me incredibly uncomfortable and nursing a hiatal hernia.
And what happens after that? Motherhood isn't all joyful, delightful babies, but a lot of crying and colic and hunger and biting and nursing and pain and giving up your body for quite a while at the demands of that tiny little thing. Sometimes it doesn't happen. We don't get pregnant, or we lose a pregnancy, and that's so hard to understand if you haven't experienced it yourself. But it doesn't have to be completely out of reach. Often making an effort to understand makes all the difference in the world.
But more than that, Immortality is about the legacy we leave our posterity. I teach my kids everything I can because I want them to carry on some of the knowledge and experience I have. My husband creates art so that it will influence people for years to come. We create experiences for children so that they can pass down our legacy.
It's one of the reasons women often want to have a girl, or that men often want to father a boy. It doesn't really matter in the end, because as women we can teach our boys how important it is to get along with females, to enjoy the same things that bring happiness in life, and to respect women. And fathers can teach their girls how to respect males as well, and how to do things that they both might enjoy. I mean, my dad taught me how to fish when I was four. I loved it.
Immortality is hope. It's for all of us. Please join us at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/945510695/immortality-monument-for-alta-view-hospital. And share on your favorite social media network. Only a few more days!
Thanks so much! From us, Amanda and Michael Hall.
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