And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest. There are two important truths here that we would like to highlight this Mother s Day Sunday. In May of 1997, the San Jose Mercury ran a front page article about Chelsea Clinton choosing to come to Stanford. Quote, She had about half the Ivy League to pick from, but she wants to come out here. Chelsea, it takes a village to find a boyfriend.
All parents struggle to let go of their kids.
And I think that s especially hard for mothers. Given Naomi s position that must have been a very tough thing to say. Naomi is alone - a widow with no sons. In the society of her day that meant that she had very few options to support herself. She was below the bottom rung of the ladder looking up.