- Lion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mother Quotes
On mothers, their advice, and what stays with us.
Several of these lines trace back to childhood impressions left by a mother's words, whether about appearance, privacy, or simply keeping close watch. For prayer-toned reflections, see Prayers.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom's father came from a family of 11 children who came over from the island of Ischia, Italy, and settled in Providence, RI. Her mother was part of the large community of French-speaking Canadians who settled in Woonsocket, RI.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Though I was a mother at 21, being a grandmother makes the whole thing absolutely normal and gorgeous. The relief, the joy of being a grandmother is wonderful.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a very distant relationship with my father. It was always just me and my mother. It was a shattering blow when she died. I was 16.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer herself and I can't remember when I didn't listen to her sing and imitate her.
- Front Page
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even though mother's issues are not front page news, they touch us all personally, some more than others, and I believe passionately in the power of grassroots engagement.
- Facility
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had gone through a mother having dementia in the last couple of years of her life. She was in a nursing facility in my little hometown area of northern Illinois, so I got to see a lot of other patients there in various stages of the disease. I had a firsthand exposure to it in a pretty big way.
- Nov 07, 2020
My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a wonderful family. My father is a brilliant father, and my mother a brilliant person who had mental-health issues, but has been wonderfully creative throughout her life. They couldn't have been more supportive.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had good parents. My mother had morals and standards and she brought us up to be good kids - some of the families around were just laws unto themselves, it was really tribal.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was incredible: a longshoreman; my mother was a secretary. Very 'go to work' people. That's how I saw things.
- Her
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother insisted that her children read.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my father went back into the military in 1947 and was gone for 3-1/2 years, my mother was 24 years old with four kids in a town she didn't know that well with no military services available, no family services available through the military, and that was the norm.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a very shy child. I remember being in a kindergarten open house with my mother and children saying 'Hi' to me, and I still remember feeling this way - but I don't know why - but I wouldn't even say 'Hi' back. I was that shy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grade 3 teacher put on a kids' Christmas concert, and I played the kazoo, so my mother bought me a trumpet. I took lessons for eight years, was in the Kitsilano Boys Band, and I played in the Vancouver Junior Symphony for two years.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020