Family Love

Maureen Garrett grew up the eldest of nine siblings. Her Mother, like all in our his-story played her role in a time before feminism. By the 1960s, however, Maureen came upon new choices in a rapidly changing world. Family Love bridges this major change in culture moving from the world of tradition and history, to a reality as multidimensional human beings, led by the spirit and vision of the world we all help co-create. To see Family Love in the larger context of social and cultural change between the 1960s, when women's voices were just beginning to be heard, and the 1990s, is exhausting. In Australia the right and accessibility to contraception and abortion, no fault divorce, equal pay and the need for both partners in a relationship to work, maintain a career and build up superannuation to provide for an aging society are just a few of the major changes, all leading to new realities and legislative change. Family Love, written in the early 1990s, depicts Maureen's journey of personal understanding, growth and metamorphosis within her family of origin. Her story encourages the next generation to grow up nurtured by the new millennium family and community love and joy that build our hopes and faith, regardless of gender norms. We can now work responsibly for the co-creation of a sustainable, healthy, and prosperous life on earth today