[imardmd1]

But your mother IS a participant in your redemption. How could she not be?

I think you've got the cart before the horse here. One would not need redemption if Original Sin, the unavoidable proclivity to commit sins, was not transmitted with and inseparable from, the replication of her DNA, would it?

[Romulus]

One would certainly not need redemption if one didn’t exist. Which is where mom comes in.

[Mark17]

A Memorial Day Limerick in salute to all who have served, and all the wonderful people who supported them in their noble endeavors.

There was an actor, named L Neville Brand
Though I don't think he had it all planned
A hero from the Second World War
He was that, and much much more
And in his westerns always wore a neckband