- Me
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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
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself turning to poetry in the way so many people do - to make sense of losses. And I wrote pretty bad poems about it. But it did feel that the poem was the only place that could hold this grief.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents had to go to Ohio to get married in 1965 because it was still illegal in Mississippi. My white father and black mother.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was barely in grade school when I helped my mother rearrange the living room furniture for the first time.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom's amazing 'mom skills' have set the tone for my sister Muffy to be an amazing mother herself.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I couldn't be more proud of my little sister and the mother she is and am also incredibly proud of my mom and the huge influence she's had on myself, my sisters, and now her grandchildren.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandparents never understood why my mother Noreen chose such exotic names for her children: Damon and me. My granny insisted on calling my brother Dermot - a good Irish name - until she died; I was just known as 'wee one.'
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was this kid who had been raised in New York, and now all of a sudden, my mother decided that she was a Jewish divorcee and therefore she should be living in Miami Beach.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me.
- Cooking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I raised my sister. I was six when she was born. My mother had to make a living for herself and it was very hard, so I was looking after my sister, cooking and cleaning, and she had four jobs.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in class, except in second grade when an artistic genius passed through our school!
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a child, I was prancing around in my mother's high heels and a ra-ra skirt, singing 'Material Girl' into my hairbrush.
- Good Times
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, my mother used to film all of our holidays and all of the good times, and I kind of associated the camera with everything being okay and everything being happy.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020