Sufferance -- Mom, Sister Jen, Kristin

suf·fer·ance  (sfr-ns, sfrns)

n.

1. Patient endurance, especially of pain or distress.

2. Suffering; misery.

3. Sanction or permission implied or given by failure to prohibit; tacit consent; tolerance.

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[Middle English suffrance, from Old French sufrance, from Latin sufferentia, from sufferns, sufferent-, present participle of sufferre, to suffer; see suffer.]

I admire the sufferance of all mothers in childbirth and in child-rearing: in my family that's Mom, Sister Jen, and Kristin.