Thursday, January 27, 2011

Being a mom is...

Just a few of my favorite quotes about what it's like to be a mom....

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan

To nourish children and raise them against odds is any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons. ~ Marilyn French

A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's. ~Diana, Princess of Wales

The phrase "working mother" is redundant. ~Jane Sellman

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. ~Honoré de Balzac

She never quite leaves her children at home, even when she doesn't take them along. ~Margaret Culkin Banning

Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.  ~Marion C. Garretty

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. ~Washington Irving