PINKtank » mothers http://codepink.org/blog the Personal is Political Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:57:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Voices from Mother’s Day DC 2009: Amy Ferris http://codepink.org/blog/2009/05/voices-from-mothers-day-dc-2009-amy-ferris/ http://codepink.org/blog/2009/05/voices-from-mothers-day-dc-2009-amy-ferris/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 14:06:49 +0000 Jean http://codepink4peace.org/blog/?p=1624 Amy Ferris, author of the upcoming “Marrying George Clooney: Confessions from a Midlife Crisis,” penned this beautiful, touching piece “What Color Is Peace?” on the death of her mother and CODEPINK’s recent 24-hour Mother’s Day vigil for the Women’s International Perspective weekly online magazine. Here’s an excerpt:

One of my fondest memories of my mom is when she and her friends would sit around and knit. It seemed that in those few hours they shared their woes, they solved their problems, they spilled a couple of secrets, they found great humor, and solace and comfort, and there, among those women — a profound connection that could only be found in the bond between them. It seemed to me that women could accomplish anything once they put their minds (and knitting needles) to it.

A memory of my mom that I deeply longed for, but witnessed again this Mother’s Day in Washington, DC.

Read it here and please comment!

]]> http://codepink.org/blog/2009/05/voices-from-mothers-day-dc-2009-amy-ferris/feed/ 0 Cynthia Benjamin on Mother’s Day with CODEPINK http://codepink.org/blog/2009/05/cynthia-benjamin-on-mothers-day-with-codepink/ http://codepink.org/blog/2009/05/cynthia-benjamin-on-mothers-day-with-codepink/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 00:20:14 +0000 Dana http://codepink4peace.org/blog/?p=1589 A hundred peace loving women, a thousand long stemmed roses and what seemed like a  MILLION hand knitted squares from all over the world created an amazing scene of beauty and peace–and all done with love and hope. We have hope for the end of war, for the preservation of community, for the survival of the sisterhood of motherhood.

My only child, my beloved soldier-son, phoned me on the eve of Mother’s Day as I was sitting at the White House fence in quiet contemplation and thanked me and CODEPINK for all we do in our enduring quest for peace.

This was my kind of Mother’s Day. Exhausted, I will return home carrying my message to mothers, to fathers, to my community, a message that is at the same time a challenge, a goal and a dream.

NO WAR. NO MORE.

With thanks to all who are CODEPINK,
Cynthia Benjamin
Mt. Vision, NY

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