Never For Me Did She Neglect the Smallest Child

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Christi

Never for me did she neglect

8×10″ marker and pastel on paper
January 19, 2013

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Inspired by the following passage from George MacDonald’s Lilith:

What I did or thought, I referred constantly to her, and rejoiced to believe that, while doing her work in absolute independence, she was most at home by my side.

Never for me did she neglect the smallest child, and my love only quickened my sense of duty.

To love her and to do my duty, seemed, not indeed one, but inseparable. She might suggest something I should do; she might ask me what she ought to do; but she never seemed to suppose that I, any more than she, would like to do, or could care about anything except what must be done.

About Christi

I am a single mother with two young daughters who are the world to me. I am a philosophy professor, especially fond of Kierkegaard and Augustine. Presently, I teach as an adjunct at a plethora of colleges in the Houston area, trying to make ends meet. Creating art brings me immense joy, but only recently have I begun to venture into the arena of making my creations a consumer commodity. I'd rather my work be created as a good in itself, and given to those I love. But necessity breeds invention, they say, and human beings have to eat.
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One Response to Never For Me Did She Neglect the Smallest Child

  1. Erin Smith says:
    March 16, 2013 at 5:54 am

    Oh Christi, I love this one!!! I love all of them, this one with this quote speaks to me right now.

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