That one acquaintance decided to step out in bravery and in love to acknowledge what no one else could or would: not only was I still a mother, but I always would be.
We all love to be acknowledged.
You don't have to love Russia to acknowledge that we have a common interest with Russia in opposing ISIS, just as you don't have to love Iran to acknowledge that we have a common interest with Iran in opposing ISIS.
You don't have to love it to acknowledge someone else's freedom to wear it.
"In a perfect world we'd love them to acknowledge Kátia's credit," she said.
To touch someone you love is to acknowledge their presence and to communicate your desire for them.
This way, you acknowledge that He loves to listen.
Acknowledge whether your cat loves to be petted, stroked or scratched and know whether your cat doesn't feel comfortable with you petting or scratching.
Theologically, the social gospel has never quite escaped Reinhold Niebuhr's critique of liberal Protestant reform efforts as naïvely optimistic and sentimental about the force of love, unwilling to acknowledge the realities of self-interest, conflict, sin and tragedy.
"There's lots more information, different information, better information I'd love to have," Frieden acknowledges.
