Parenting Quote by Anna Davis

“I hadn't thought about Mom as much as I probably should have lately. It was a relief not to have all those emotional waves…

— Karen Ann Hopkins

“Come over here and light me a cigarette," she'd said. I'd snuck a little inhale, and my mother had smiled. But then she'd said,…

— Elizabeth Berg

“I was slightly thankful when Mom finally came out and unlocked the car. It was warm and toasty inside and it smelt like home.…

— Erica Sehyun Song

“My mom was sitting at the kitchen table. She’d set her coffee down, making a noise that made me look her way. I’d begun…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“(...) And through it all I thought of my mother and the lives she didn’t get to live.”

— Sam J. Miller

“I sat there for a moment and thought about my mom. It was her groans of pain that would get me the most. Sometimes…

— Adam Rapp

“My mother smoked too but I guessed by now she had quit the habit, which was, I supposed, one of the advantages of being…

— Polly Horvath

“She put a cigarette in her mouth and lit it, tasting the familiar taste of nicotine, smoke, and impending lung cancer. It felt good.…

— Mike Omer

“My mom and dad died, but in their place I got a house of fog that’s easy to hide my feelings in. (No smoking,…

— Jarod Kintz

“I pulled out my bag and examined my mother's picture. I wondered what it had been like to be inside her, just a curl…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“In the silence that followed, I was aware of just how much I wished things were different. I wanted to be able to talk…

— Morgan Matson

“Me and Mama never did like the smell of cigarettes but after Daddy died, sometimes we would light one up and put it in…

— Sandi Morgan Denkers