Posted on 10/24/2023 6:06:41 PM PDT by Ozguy1945
Bronx child prodigy and poet Joy Davidman was born in NYC in 1915 and died in Oxford, England, aged 45, in 1960. Davidman was a convert from communism to Christianity during a troubled marriage. She then moved to England and found her second and final husband, writer and theologian, C.S. Lewis.
She wrote:
“What war did for him (hasten disillusionment with communism), childbirth did for me. I began to notice what neglected, neurotic waifs the children of Communists were and to question the genuineness of the love of mankind that didn’t begin at home.”
Perhaps motherhood taught her of our need for connection:
“See yourself in the mirror, you’re separate from yourself. See the world in the mirror, you’re separate from the world. I don’t want that separation anymore.”
Bronx child prodigy and poet Joy Davidman was born in New York City in 1915 and died in Oxford, England, aged 45, in 1960. Davidman was a convert from communism to Christianity during a troubled marriage, after which she moved to England and found her second and final husband, writer and theologian, C.S. Lewis.
For her great command of words I name her an Indigenous Woman Of The Anglosphere.
She wrote:
“We sucked in atheism with our canned milk.”
“What war did for him (hasten disillusionment with communism), childbirth did for me. I began to notice what neglected, neurotic waifs the children of Communists were and to question the genuineness of the love of mankind that didn’t begin at home.”
Perhaps motherhood taught her of our need for connection:
“See yourself in the mirror, you’re separate from yourself. See the world in the mirror, you’re separate from the world. I don’t want that separation anymore.”
“Being a fool for God was not merely alright but liberating.”
God Bless Wives And Mums
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