IMMACULATE CONCEPTION AND THE IDIOT CHILD

Mary Arda
5 min readMar 3, 2019

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I’m not a mother but I have given birth. I didn’t have sex to conceive my child, so in many ways, I liken myself to the Virgin Mary. We differ, however, in the character and quality of our offspring. The lovely, and saintly mother of all Christians immaculately gave birth to a child that would become king and heavenly father to millions. I attempted to single-handedly give birth to a child who I prayed would make me…

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Mary Arda

Lover of the written word, cooking, food anthropology, music, roots, and family. Storytelling NYC-Cuban. Side gig — publicist and marketer.