Oh, when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then for pains and fears, The… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
Cultural expectations shade and color the images that parents-to-be form. The baby product ads, showing a woman serenely holding her child, looking… — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
“Becoming a mother had been many things--often indescribably rewarding, occasionally stupefying, sometimes even terrifying in the intensity of the love she felt… — Jessica Strawser Copy Share Image
“scary mommy confession #80920 " I invited you into my home as a guest. And you brought my two year old permanent… — jill smokler Copy Share Image
giving the utmost of herself to three absorbing interests [marriage, motherhood, career] ... was a problem for a superwoman, and a job… — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
As motherhood is the greatest and most natural God-given gift for women for posterity, it would seem that the birth and rearing… — Rose Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Mothering or nurturing is not just a calling for women who have biological or adopted children. Mothering is a calling for all… — Gloria Furman Copy Share Image
“Be a full person. Motherhood is a glorious gift, but do not define yourself solely by motherhood. Be a full person. Your… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
For me, having a baby was never going to be timed randomly. I wanted to have mine while I was on 'Scandal.'… — Katie Lowes Copy Share Image
The Lord has been there from wanting to be a momma, to having a wonderful childhood life and dreaming of having a… — Ashton Shepherd Copy Share Image
In much the same way, motherhood has become the essential female experience, valued above all others: giving life is where it's at.… — Virginie Despentes Copy Share Image
We've never been in a time where mothers - parenthood, but particularly motherhood - is so fetishized. There's a whole industry around… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
“When she had him along, the world looked different, and she liked the way she saw things she'd never seen before. .… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
“And here she was now, over those boulders and parched hills, with a home of her own, a husband of her own,… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“It's just that the thing you never understand about being a mother, until you are one, is that it is not the… — Jojo Moyes Copy Share Image
“As Ramses did the same for his mother, he saw that her eyes were fixed on him. She had been unusually silent.… — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
We are, as a sex, infinitely superior to men, and if we were free and developed, healthy in body and mind, as… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
A fierce literary woman with a penchant for married men, Margaret Fuller was ultimately torn between motherhood and her final career as… — Susan Cheever Copy Share Image
I think it's still difficult to write about motherhood and anxiety, that talking about not wanting to be a mother or feeling… — Laurie Foos Copy Share Image
We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them. Nor should we represent motherhood as something so… — Dora Russell Copy Share Image
Know that every mother occasionally feels "at the end of her rope." When you reach the end of your rope, don't add… — Heather King Copy Share Image
Yes, I'm writing about motherhood, but I bristle a little bit, especially living with someone whose parenting falls between the cracks of… — Maggie Nelson Copy Share Image
I had a career and I came to motherhood late and am not married and have never had such a trusting relationship… — Diane Keaton Copy Share Image
When children are little, they really need you in one way. When they're bigger, they need you as a friend. And balancing… — Aerin Lauder Copy Share Image
“Maggie had learned a long time ago that each day with a child was filled with two kinds of battles: those that… — Sydney Strand Copy Share Image
The only way to break the cycle of unwed motherhood, fatherless children, poverty, crime, and welfare is to recognize that welfare causes… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
Motherhood has relaxed me in many ways. You learn to deal with crisis. I've become a juggler, I suppose. It's all a… — Jane Seymour Copy Share Image
I am sure you will be guided right in your decision, to place implicit faith in his integrity and honesty. Best wishes… — Hannah Milhous Nixon Copy Share Image
None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages of my life - motherhood, middle age,… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“Raise your kids and grand-kids not as strong men or strong women, not as good Christians, Jews, or Muslims, not as responsible… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
A lot of women wrote to me. Some wrote me long letters on the meaning of the circle and about mythology and… — Ruth Asawa Copy Share Image
Most nights, someone ends up in our bed. The kids do knock before entering. We've at least got that part down because… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
“If anyone can ever find a way to explain to me how carrying around a sack of flour with a diaper on… — Martin Leicht Copy Share Image
Motherhood was the beginning of my own journey asking the question, 'Why am I here?' I had to stop and think: What… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
As motherhood as a "private enterprise" declines and more mothers rely on the work of lower-paid specialists, the value accorded the work… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
You watched and you saw what happened and in the accumulation of episodes you saw the pattern: Daddy ruled the roost, called… — Anne Taylor Fleming Copy Share Image
“The most difficult part of being a mother was to observe the mistakes of one's children: the foolish loves, the desperate solitude… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
“The memories of home and of her children rose up in her imagination with a peculiar charm quite new to her, with… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Most people don’t get (or want) to look at old news footage, but we looked at thirty years of stories relating to… — Susan J. Douglas Copy Share Image
“The motherhood to which every Christian woman is called is making disciples of all nations. We all must labor, prayerfully expectant that… — Gloria Furman Copy Share Image
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