Fëanor’s Flame: The Beautiful Burden of Light or Mothering Without Smothering

We cannot own that which came through us.

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If you have ever birthed something beautiful into the world, you know that the hardest thing is not to call it your own. The temptation to ascribe your talents to yourself is huge. It’s the temptation of every mother — to call the child of her womb her own. If she does it, she spoils the child. There is such a thing as “smothering motherin…