Quotes Tagged With :motherhood

Only later did I come to understand that to be a mother is to be an illusion. No matter how vigilant,....

For me, adoption was grief in reverse.

I wonder if all mothers feel like this the moment they realize their daughters are growing up—as if....

Has there ever been a more important subject, in all the world, than children and families? These are,....

Sometimes when you pick up your child you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell....

Young mothers are the most vicious tribe in the world if you don't fit in.

I didn't say any of this to my sister. How I saw her being broken into mediocrity and motherhood; her....

guilt to motherhood is like grapes to wine

MotherHushed and sacred silencefills the dawning skyI ponder in this momentof our journey which is nigh.......

Did my mother hum to me when I was little? Did she touch me, hold me, fill me with her noise and her....