"Then the king (Solomon) said, "Let's get the facts straight. Both of you claim this living child is yours, and each says that the dead child belongs to the other.  All right, bring me a sword." So a sword was brought to the king.  Then he said, "Cut the living child in two and give half to each of these women!" Then the woman who really was the mother of the living child, and who loved him very much, cried out, "Oh no, my lord! Give her the child -- please do not kill him!"But the other woman said, "All right, he will be neither yours nor mine; divide him between us!"  Then the king said, "Do not kill him, but give the baby to the woman who wants him to live, for she is his mother!"
 I Kings 3:23-27.

In Memory of FRANCES MARIAN PEACOCK
By Her Grandchildren

Mothers Choice Peony "Paeonia 'Mother's Choice'
An upright perennial with large, double white blooms in late May,