This is my Mom at different stages of my life, and with my children when they were young.
My Mom passed away a year before we moved to Colorado, and I miss her daily. I was fortunate to live close to my childhood home for most of my life so we often spent time together and she was able to attend so many of her grandchildren's events. Now that I am a grandmother I am doing the same with my grandchildren. It is a blessing I never take for granted!
Here is a collection of Mother's Day quotes that help sum up today perfectly:
Mother is a verb. It’s something you do. Not just who you are.
~ Dorothy Canfield Fisher
As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you.
~ Isaiah 66:13
The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness.
~ Jessica Lange
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. ~ Abraham Lincoln
A mother is the truest friend we have. ~ Washington Irving
Being a mother means having my heart permanently stitched to my sleeve, out there and vulnerable and afraid, yet somehow finding such fulfillment and hope that I’m able to appreciate the extraordinary journey. Though it is maddening, and terrifying at times, it is also glorious and beautiful; and the most absurd part is that I’d do it all over again in a heartbeat. ~ Stephanie Jankowski
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. ~ Sophia Loren
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.
The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness.
~ Jessica Lange
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~ Rajneesh
Being a mother means having my heart permanently stitched to my sleeve, out there and vulnerable and afraid, yet somehow finding such fulfillment and hope that I’m able to appreciate the extraordinary journey. Though it is maddening, and terrifying at times, it is also glorious and beautiful; and the most absurd part is that I’d do it all over again in a heartbeat. ~ Stephanie Jankowski
When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. ~ Sophia Loren
~ Robert Quillen
Her children rise up and call her blessed. ~ Proverbs 31:28
I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars. ~ E. M. Forster
The clocks were striking midnight and the rooms were very still as a figure glided quietly from bed to bed, smoothing a coverlid here, settling a pillow there, and pausing to look long and tenderly at each unconscious face, to kiss each with lips that mutely blessed, and to pray the fervent prayers which only mothers utter. ~ Louisa May Alcott
A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. ~ Victor Hugo
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
~ Barbara Kingsolver
I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars. ~ E. M. Forster
Motherhood is the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It’s huge and scary—it’s an act of infinite optimism.
~ Gilda Radner
~ Gilda Radner
Happy Mother's Day!
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My mother passed on ten years ago this month. She's never far from my thoughts.
ReplyDeleteYes, mothers day does tend to lead to reflections. My mother died in 2012 but that doesn’t stop missing her…
ReplyDeleteWhat a touching post you've shared, Pat dear!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that you haven't lost your Mom at all, people who loved us so much and whom we loved deeply will never leave us completely, they will go on leading us along our path of life.
Take care, Sweetie, blessed be!
X Dany
Love all the quotes! Happy Mother's day to you.
ReplyDeleteIt is a time to reflect with gratitude for all the mothers that have touched my life. Mom was always there for me and is missed so often. A belated Happy Mother's Day to you! Cathy
ReplyDeleteMy mother has been gone 40 years, and she is always in my thoughts. I’m grateful that she was the kind of mother that has given me pleasure to remember.
ReplyDeleteI still long to give Mom another hug, another kiss, another thank you, and so many other things. Mom passed aWay nearly 30 years ago and I still miss her.
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The quotes are all so beautiful. I am so blessed to have 4 wonderful sons and to get to talk to them all often! Enjoy your week!
ReplyDeleteMy mom died when I was 7 and my last grandmother died in 1983. I miss them still, especially "Memom" whom I knew best.
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In Norway we got mothersday in february
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice post and tribute to your loving mother what lovely photos too, I think of mine to very often been 22 years now
ReplyDeleteHave a nicetastic week 👍
These are wonderful quotes, Pat. I know what you mean about missing your mom. I miss mine every day.
ReplyDeleteA happy belated Mother's day to you. I think everyday is Mother's day. Lovely quotes!
ReplyDelete...Dorothy Canfield Fisher nails it. A Happy belated Mother's Day to you, Pat.
ReplyDeleteHappy belated mother's day! Your kids were lucky to have a talented mom like you. Beautiful quotes. My mother died 23 years ago on what would have been my wedding day. It took awhile to recover from that shocker. But now the only thing I miss is her, not the special day that wasn't. Life is full of surprises.
ReplyDeleteA lovely mothers' day post. My mum died 24 years ago but I miss her more and more the older I get.
ReplyDeleteOh ... I have Tears in my eyes.
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These are such beautiful quotes and those flowers are so pretty. I loved seeing all the photos of your mother too.
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