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Rotating the tea bowl clockwise twice on her palm, she elegantly took a sip of matcha from it, then turned it counter-clockwise twice on the same palm before passing it back to me. 

"A loving mother would tell her child that life begins with love. 

In her case, it is very likely true. She is still able to love and to show much love towards her child because she does not regret its conception. Regardless of whether she still loves and still stays with the child's father, she must have wanted to engage in the process of creating the child with that person. Then, it was love for the father which gradually expanded to also include (or become) the love for this child.

A mother, who accepted sperm donation from a sperm bank to have a child through in vitro fertilization at her own will, obviously had started to love that child way before its formation. This love came with the acceptance of all responsibilities and problems that might entail."