In a moment of mixed excitement and sadness that my last pregnancy is slowly coming to a close, I gathered all of my favorite quotes on motherhood that reflect what I've always thought but couldn't always so eloquently say. Talk about every single emotion being balled up and shoved into one person: struggle, gratitude, exhaustion, happiness, anxiety, love. There's nothing quite as complex as giving life and taking care of it, and then wondering if you're doing it well enough. Welcome to motherhood.
2. "The funny thing about kids is, they are the reason we lose it, and the reason we hold it together." --unknown
The latter part of this has held true during my miscarriages, during the loss of my grandparents, and for any hard times that we've had to navigate--always so thankful for their laughter and light.
This reminds me of my newborns and the journey of watching them grow. Also such a good reminder that THERE IS MORE ahead as babies develop into toddlers, and toddlers change into little people with big thoughts and words.
Nothing more to add here, other than it's 100% accurate.
7. "And she loved a little boy very very much--even more than she loved herself."--Shel Silverstein
9. "If you want to change the world, go home and love your family." --Mother Theresa
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Some of our most important work will happen inside of our house, and raising two (soon to be 3) kind little people is more important than so much else of what takes up our days.
1. "Love me when I least deserve it
because that is when I need it the most." -Swedish Proverb
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So, so true on this one, especially for our oldest orchid child--sensitive, anxious, and in need of reassurance. This saying always comes to mind with him and I try my best to remember it.
So, so true on this one, especially for our oldest orchid child--sensitive, anxious, and in need of reassurance. This saying always comes to mind with him and I try my best to remember it.
2. "The funny thing about kids is, they are the reason we lose it, and the reason we hold it together." --unknown
The latter part of this has held true during my miscarriages, during the loss of my grandparents, and for any hard times that we've had to navigate--always so thankful for their laughter and light.
3. "I swear I couldn’t love you more
than I do right now, yet I know I will tomorrow." --Leo Christopher
This reminds me of my newborns and the journey of watching them grow. Also such a good reminder that THERE IS MORE ahead as babies develop into toddlers, and toddlers change into little people with big thoughts and words.
4. "Speak to your children as if they
are the wisest, kindest, most beautiful and magical humans on earth, for what
they believe is what they will become." --Brooke Hampton
We're big on affirmations in our house, and there is true power in words. What they say out loud, they will begin to believe. I'm sure of it.
5. "Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn't know you had, and dealing with fears you didn't know existed." --Linda Wooten
5. "Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn't know you had, and dealing with fears you didn't know existed." --Linda Wooten
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Never would I have thought I could endure years of interrupted sleep, or be deathly afraid of Influenza (or worse), or brokenhearted about my kids feeling excluded, or an advocate for them to the point that I'd move heaven and earth to make them happy. That's motherhood.
Never would I have thought I could endure years of interrupted sleep, or be deathly afraid of Influenza (or worse), or brokenhearted about my kids feeling excluded, or an advocate for them to the point that I'd move heaven and earth to make them happy. That's motherhood.
6."Making a decision to have a child--it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body." --Elizabeth Stone
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Nothing more to add here, other than it's 100% accurate.
7. "And she loved a little boy very very much--even more than she loved herself."--Shel Silverstein
Sensitivity, vulnerability, reversing stereotypical gender roles, and lots and lots of words of affirmation and love: these are what we try to personify for our 4 little eyes that are watching.
9. "If you want to change the world, go home and love your family." --Mother Theresa
Some of our most important work will happen inside of our house, and raising two (soon to be 3) kind little people is more important than so much else of what takes up our days.
10. "My identify rests solely and
firmly on this: I am my mother’s daughter."
Her story will always be where yours began.
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