“I am, for the most part, who I am because my good mother was who she was.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A great father is one whose children look up to him rather than away from him.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Validate my existence with your words and I will speak to you all the day long.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“One of the strongest loves I’ve ever witnessed is the love a mother has for her child.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“You cannot know what I do not tell you, yet you will be judged harshly for not knowing.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Father always said that money doesn’t grow on trees. Well, time doesn’t grow on trees either.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Mothers give us life, love, and the heartfelt inclination to cry 'I want my mommy' no matter how old we get.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I am but the reflection in your eyes, the effect of your expressions, and the sum of your praise and criticism.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If your best friend truly is the person who knows you completely and loves you anyway, wouldn't that be your mother?” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“What is more powerful than the love of a mother? Perhaps only God's hand in answering her earnest pleadings on your behalf.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Mind what you say, but mind more closely what you do. For though children close their ears to you, their eyes remain… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Effective parenting requires being the grown up version of what you want your children to be. Why? Because example is the most… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I may deserve your disappointment as well as a lecture and strict discipline, but what I need is your understanding, your guidance,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Mothers observe all, absorb all, give all, forgive all, offer all, suffer all, feel all, heal all, hope for all, pray for… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The greatest lessons I learned from my father didn't come from lectures or discipline or even time spent together. What has stuck… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“We grow up opposing our parents only to become like them enough to oppose our children who behave as we once did—a… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Our greatest duty to our children is to love them first. Secondly, it is to teach them. Not to frighten, force, or… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life is hard and unfair. It is cruel and heartless, painful, trying, disappointing, unapologetic, and frequently downright awful. But that's not important.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“My mother does not own my hands, though she works hard to train them. My mother does not own my eyes, though… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Mothers were meant to love us unconditionally, to understand our moments of stupidity, to reprimand us for lame excuses while yet acknowledging… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The interruption did nothing but earn her a similar slap, as I’m sure she knew it would. Sometimes I wondered if my… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If you feel like a nearly-drowned rat that’s been dragged through the mud, all twisted up inside your mother’s borrowed, prized quilt,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The most effective, lasting, compassionate form of teaching is through example. If you want to teach a child to write, write passionately.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The fact is, the man who’d begotten me didn’t want me. In his eyes I should never have been born. And perhaps… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Dear Father in Heaven, I thank thee this day for blessings and mercies thou sendest my way. I thank thee for comfort… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The description of Huck’s father grabbed my full attention, and I glanced up at the book in my teacher’s hand as if… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Son, I hope your opinion of your mother hasn’t lessened, knowing what you now know.” Gavin glanced up; incredulity skewed his eyebrows.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Things that remind me of Mother are these: the truth ‘mid deception, a warm summer breeze, the calm within chaos, a stitch… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Mother nature changes her looks for the same reason any woman changes her looks—to be noticed.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Children harbor a great many doubts and sorrows that could be eased by a loving hug from a parent.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The best fathers have the softest, sweetest hearts. In other words, great dads are real marshmallows.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Children rarely follow parental advice unless it is acted out repeatedly. It’s called being an example.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I always envisioned myself as traveling the ocean of life in a rowboat where my mother was one oar and my father,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Truth is, I’m generally happiest when it’s just me. It’s okay to be madly in love with yourself.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“As ofttimes as it rains on my little spot of earth, you'd think I'd grow accustomed to the gloom.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Two powerful, little words I've learned to use when facing challenges, fears, and doubts— so what? ” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“ Happily-ever-afters don't come in happily-every-days . They are found at the end of challenges-ever-met, promises-ever-kept, and tears-ever-wept.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Curiosity killed the cat, but not before teaching her that honey bees are not sweet, tweeting birds are slow to react, mice can serve… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A session of boasting won't attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Memories of past. Heartaches of old. Courage of brass. Lessons of gold.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Mystery, why so attractive to me? You blind me with fear, place hope on my tongue, and with a cold kiss draw me forward.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It's amusing to me that we refer to people who live in their heads as detached, disturbed, or mad, when reality for anyone is… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Such a nasty bruise,” he says, staring straight into my eyes. I am stunned he can see it. Delicate to the touch and tender… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“You would think those who have endured unkindness would be kinder as a result, intent on sparing others the awful suffering they abhorred firsthand.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“While you judge me by my outward appearance I am silently doing the same to you, even though there's a ninety-percent chance that in… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
