Category Archives: mother

to all who mother.

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‘mothers can look through a child’s eyes and see tomorrow.’

-reed b. markham

 

 

art credit: Lincoln Seligman, Highland Dunes, Marti Mother and Child painting

strong like mama.

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love his parents for this. 

 

“strong moms raise strong children who can change the world.”

– Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech (2014)

tangerine dreams.

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wh0 wouldn’t love to have a tangerine cat?

“our holiday food splurge was a small crate of tangerines, which we found ridiculously thrilling after an eight-month abstinence from citrus. lily hugged each one to her chest before undressing it as gently as a doll. watching her do that as she sat cross-legged on the floor one morning in pink pajamas, with bliss lighting her cheeks, i thought; lucky is the world, to receive this grateful child. value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing.”

-Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family’s attempts to eat locally. Lily, mentioned above, is her daughter, now also an author and an environmental scientist.

 

 

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mothering.

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 happy mother’s day to my daughters, now mothers
and to all who help to mother others.
“being a mom has made me really tired and so happy”
-tina fey
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on the day after daughters day.

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(not us, but somewhat similar if your glasses are off)

this is a day late 

and a million or so dollars short

but we all came together

at exactly the right time.

“here’s to good women. may we know them. may we be them. may we raise them.”

love, yourmom

 

mothers.

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much love to my three daughters, each one now a mother too, on mothers day.

even if i only rarely called you by your right name on the first try.

“mothers are not the nameless,

faceless stereotypes

who appear once a year on a greeting card with their virtues set to prose,

but women who have been dealt a hand for life

and play each card one at a time the best way they know how.

no mother is all good or all bad,

all laughing or all serious,

all loving or all angry,

ambivalence rushes through their veins.”

-erma bombeck

 

mom.

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the best opening line ever

makes this my absolute favorite ode to mom

from a child in my class this year.

happy mother’s day to all

 

“being a mom has made me really tired and so happy.”

-tina fey

from a mother to her daughters.

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happy mother’s day

to my daughters

who have shared in

my seemingly endless graduations

and all of

 our many, many other adventures and misadventures,

i  am grateful to you and love you for this

you’ve made me happy

watching you all grow

from amazing daughters into amazing mothers

you are my idols. 

“i don’t have to be perfect.

all is have to do is show up and enjoy

the messy, imperfect, and beautiful journey of my life.”

-kerry washington

mothers.

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“being a mother gave me a better sense of what life is.”

-ruth bader ginsburg

 

 

 

 

image credit: google images (vintage)