Whatever your faith or none at all, you may find interesting the many different positions, facial expressions and attitudes shown in the paintings and sculptures created throughout the last 2000 years and posted in Wikimedia Commons if you search for "maria lactans"...

Here was one I thought was lovely showing the interaction between mother and baby...
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andrea_Solario_002.jpg ...what's that - a ______ (pick your own brand) pillow???

May these days be peaceful to you and yours...

Jeanette Panchula, BSW, RN, PHN
...with Menorah candles and ceremonial lighting occurring in my house this year along with Christmas midnight mass tonight...

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