September 1921: " The most universal sentiment in the world is that of mother-love . . . . it is the strongest force in creation. It holds within its sheltering care the fulfillment of the purpose of creation itself. In all ages, in all countries it is the same - a boundless, all enveloping love." (Laura Ingalls Wilder) As we look toward Mother’s Day, we’ll join Laura Ingalls Wilder in celebrating this boundless, all-enveloping mother-love. It’s a love that is expressed in many ways, as we’ll see through our time together today.

Works Shared:

"Little House in the Ozarks: The Rediscovered Writings" of Laura Ingalls Wilder

"Little House on the Praire" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

"Little House on the Prairie" television series episode: "Country Girls"

Artwork: Mary Cassatt's "Young Mother Sewing" 1900: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10425

"Peter Pan" by J.M. Barrie

"Louisa May Alcott: Dreamer and Worker" by Belle Moses

"Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

"The Railway Children" by Edith Nesbit

"Mother Carey's Chickens" by Kate Douglas Wiggin

"Five Little Peppers and How They Grew" by Margaret Sidney

"I Remember Mama" (1948 film)

"Cheaper by the Dozen" (1950 film)

"Room for One More" (1952 film)

"The Swiss Family Robinson" (1960 film)

The Journals of Lucy Maud Montgomery, Vol. 2

Isaiah 40:11