User:Mamistad

Mamistad - Amistad is the Spanish word for Friendship. Mamistad is a Friendship of Mamis (Spanish for mommies) started in Falls Church VA by Cynthia in 2007. MAMISTAD IS... the mutual respect and admiration that exists between all loving mothers. It is instinctual and it is powerful. It ranges from our empathy for a pregnant Mami who worries that every pain she feels signals a health issue for her baby, to our compassion for a new Mami facing the fear of vaccinations for her 1-month-old, to our understanding of the anxiety felt by a not so-new-Mami leaving her baby at day care for the first time. It spans our lifetimes and allows us to feel for another Mami as she sends her son off to college or watches her baby girl become a bride. It is the pain we feel when we hear that another Mami has lived our worst nightmare, the loss of her child. Beyond all of this, Mamistad is the joy we feel when we watch a baby walk for the first time or the pride we feel for the Mami who's once little girl turned woman has just given birth to her very own baby. Mamistad is a force that will one day empower mothers to change the world through love and compassion.