Even today, when I think about my mother for any reason, what first jumps to mind are memories of her telling me that she loved me more than anyone in the world.
Bill Russell
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Dancing
A loving and careful mother both recognizes
and even protects her daughter's autonomy
and also helps her dance out confidently
on to a wide stage.
Rachel Billington
Interwoven
However time or circumstance may come between a mother and her child, their lives are interwoven forever.
Pam Brown
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Ultimate Gift
Beyond all lessons, beyond the model she provided, my mother gave me a parent's ultimate gift: she made me feel lovable and good. She paid attention; she listened; she remembered what I said. She did not think me perfect, but she accepted me, without qualification.
Fredelle Maynard
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Where we come from
Children thirst to hear where they came from . . . they need to know that they were desired, that their birth was a wonder, and that they were always the object of love and care.
Marcelle Clements
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Security Blanket
She made me a security blanket when I was born. That faded green blanket lasted just long enough for me to realize that the security part came from her.
Alexander Crane
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Purpose
I thought my mom's whole purpose was to be my mom. That's how she made me feel.
Natasha Gregson Wagner
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100 percent
My mom used to say it doesn't matter how many kids you have . . . because one kid'll take up 100 percent of your time, so more kids can't possibly take up more than 100 percent of your time.
Karen Brown
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Miraculous
In the sheltered simplicity of the first days after a baby is born,
one sees again the magical closed circle,
the miraculous sense of two people existing only for each other.
Anne Morrow Lindberg
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Mother of all children
Becoming a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded, abandoned, frightened child is yours. You live in the suffering mothers of every race and creed and weep with them. You long to comfort all who are desolate.
Charlotte Gray
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Monday, May 21, 2007
Love them
Before becoming a mother, I had a hundred theories on how to bring up children. Now I have seven children and only one theory: love them, especially when they least deserve to be loved.
Kate Samperi
Kate Samperi
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Individuality
Motherhood brings as much joy as ever, but it still brings boredom, exhaustion, and sorrow, too. Nothing else ever will make you as happy or as sad, as proud or as tired, for nothing is quite as hard as helping a person develop his own individuality especially while you struggle to keep your own.
Marguerite Kelly and Eilia Parsons
Marguerite Kelly and Eilia Parsons
Pure Love
I saw pure love when my son looked at me, and I knew that I had to make a good life for the two of us . . .
Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers
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Welcome to Mother Lode
Looking for the best quotes on motherhood and parenting? Check out my favorite quotes. I became a mother at the age of 40 when I adopted an infant from China. I hardly have words to describe how this has changed my life, but I hope these quotes will be a start.
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