motherhood-quotes

This isn__ how things were supposed to happen. I was supposed to be me. Not this.

Motherhood isn't just about making babies, it's about making lives and molding destinies.

I may not be the best mom. I may not even get back to being the average mother I once claimed to be. But I'm here. I'm getting back up. I'm not leaving. And I'm the mom God ordained for these fours souls, and therefore I am their best mom.

Creativity is the only way a man can ever experience motherhood.

I voted for every woman who has to leave a baby too soon, who has to downgrade her career, or who is made to feel invisible in her role as a mother.

It's amazing to be a woman because even without children of your own, you can still be an excellent mother.

Having a kid is like an industrial revolution of the emotions. Suddenly you can mass produce worry, and guilt.

Passion stimulates you, love intoxicates you, marriage sobers you, and parenthood tries you.

I am a mother and mothers don__ have the luxury of falling apart in front of their children, even when they are afraid, even when their children are adults.

Right mothering meets the child__ need. Focusing on what the child should not be draws resistant energy. Pointing out what the child should be feeds self-hatred and struggle.

When I was younger, I use to laugh at my mom when she was silly. Now that I'm older, I find myself just as silly as her. Thanks mom, for teaching us that even as adults, it's OK to be fun and enjoy life laughing. I now get to teach my nephews and stepdaughter the same thing.

A mother__ eyes are like God; impossible to get away from, they see everything.

Don't compare yourself to other MOMS... We are all just winging it, just some hide it better than others.

MOMB - noun - One who can deal with all of the INSANITY of being a MOM... Because she's the BOMB!

Mother is the reflective principle, the balancing agent for the child. Like a guru, she allows the child to make mistakes and loves the child without condition. Like nature, she allows consequences to unfold and balance to be restored when it is lost.

I'm two days away from day after tomorrowCounting the hours to my upcoming sorrow Suddenly I lookinto the eyes of my childThen all sadness goneas I smile the way she smiled

Love had still seemed like such a paltry thing in the face of all my doubts then, much the way it felt now. David had worries my love couldn__ touch, fears my love couldn__ easily dispel. My love seemed like a well-worn blanket instead of the titanium shield I needed.

As parents we're meant to help each other out and build each other up.