Our mothers gifted us with life. Many of them also gifted us with caring for us, nurturing our spirits and encouraging us to be our best. Their job was not to just get us to where we are safely, but if they did they were successful. Once we express our gratitude to our biological mothers for bringing us here we can go beyond that very conventional definition of motherhood to something broader that applies to all of us.
The truth is that many children grow up raised by grandparents, cared for by family members, a foster parent, and nurtured by teachers, coaches, therapists, and/or mentored by elders and guided to grow into their greatness by someone outside their biological circle. These people also mothered children’s dreams and oftentimes make all the difference in the children’s lives.
So, in celebrating all mothers and all they do, ‘thank you’ to those people who are continuously mothering our children’s dreams too.
Enjoy these quotes:
1. The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children. – Elaine Heffner
2. Biology is the least of which makes someone a mother. -Oprah Winfrey
3. I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me my whole life. – Abraham Lincoln
4. Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. – Erich Fromm
5. Walking slowly in the moonlight in a row of tea plants, I realized my mother was still with me. – Thich Nhat Hanh
6. The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best that is within us. – Marianne Williamson
7. Hugs can do great amounts of good, especially for children. – Princess Diana
8. Each day we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. – Charles F. Swindoll
9. When you are a mother you are never really alone in your thoughts. You are connected to your child and all those who touch your life. – Sophia Loren
10. Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. – Robert Browning
11. A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. – Agatha Christie
12. You really don’t understand something until you can explain it to your grandmother. – Einstein
13. I really learned it all from mothers. – Dr. Benjamin Spock
14. My mother really was my partner in every project I had. She was just the great enabler of my dreams. – Diane Keaton
15. I get my sense of humor from my mom. There are so many quiet times you spend as a mother that aren’t glorified but are a foundation for your kids. – Tina Fey Maureen Dawn Healy
