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The Mother's Smile: Philosophical Formation in the Welcome of Mothers and Friends Helena Sorensen parables Jesus told like theFrom birth, the intimate, face to face encounters of life form each person in a natural, everyday philosophy. Mothers delighted welcome invites her tiny child into a fundamental vision of reality and models flourishing involvement with it. Sustained and matured in the gaze of certain friends throughout life, seeing oneself being seen with delight grows a yes to the world, a sense of ones existence, a regard for others, and a lifelong desire for the