Brooklyn Quote by Jacqueline Woodson

My mother was a single mom, and she was a claims adjuster at an insurance company. She actually dropped out of school - she…

— Stacy Brown-Philpot

My mother was a single mom, and most of the women I know are strong.

— Regina King

I grew up as an only child, and my mother was a single mom. It's always been "us." If it weren't for her nurturing…

— Edwina Findley

I feel that single mommies don't get enough praise and accolades. I've had first-hand experience. My mother was a single mom. As far as…

— Nia Long

The strength of my mother is something I didn't pay attention to for so long. Here she was, this single mom, who was part…

— Jacqueline Woodson

I came from nothing. My mother was a single mother in the streets. She did everything she could do. Me and my brother experienced…

— Trae tha Truth

My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension inside her about who she wanted to…

— Natalie Merchant

Becoming a mother was the single defining event of my life. It felt like the whole world shifted.

— Debra Messing

I admire my mother for being a single mum. It's ridiculously hard.

— Holliday Grainger

Being a wife and mother are the single most important roles in my life. They take a lot of work, a lot of patience,…

— Candace Cameron Bure

When I was growing up, my family was plagued by poverty. My mother, a single parent, worked around the clock to make sure her…

— Patrisse Cullors

The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery...is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind.

— Pope John Paul II