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August 27, 2009 by Lilian Nattel

This is one of my favourite songs. When I listen to it, I am singing it to all the unmothered places in myself. And I am singing it as a promise to my children whose first year was in an orphanage.

Posted in Adoption, Music, My Life | Tagged Adoption, sinead o'connor, this is to mother you | 10 Comments

10 Responses

on August 27, 2009 at 6:17 pm beth kephart

I LOVE her and just this moment was sending another friend of mine one of her early songs.

Brain meld.
on August 27, 2009 at 9:03 pm Lilian Nattel

Synchronicity is amazing.
on August 28, 2009 at 5:43 pm Louise Cannon

A little tear. I had a wonderful childhood. My children are having one, too, and they’re not adopted, but I know so many less fortunate. Bless you.
on August 29, 2009 at 5:32 am litlove

Oh, how very touching!
on August 29, 2009 at 9:46 am Lilian Nattel

I thought so, too.
on August 29, 2009 at 9:47 am Lilian Nattel

Thank you Louise. This song always makes me weep. Good tears.
on August 29, 2009 at 7:24 pm Cate

Oh, thank you so much for this, Lilian! I had forgotten about this song. Today I needed to hear it and here it was, in perfect timing.
on August 29, 2009 at 7:30 pm Lilian Nattel

I’m so glad, Cate–not that you needed it, but that since you did, it was there.
on August 29, 2009 at 7:55 pm doctordi

Love Sinead. Listening to that made me shiver.
on August 30, 2009 at 10:09 am Lilian Nattel

She’s pretty amazing.