How do we invite it in? That is, the privilege of family, especially on this Mother’s Day when the great divide between what we think we have and what we most deserve toils with our love.

A woman’s worth is measured not by what she must endure or stand firm against, or her hours of labour in loving her children to the best of her ability. She is measured, sized up and expected to be everything to everyone all of the time, all the while building a bank balance to meet the sizeable demands of security and expectation.