“Having a baby is like falling in love again, both with your husband and your child.” ”“ Tina Brown.“That first pregnancy is a long sea journey to a country where you don’t know the language, where land is in sight for such a long time that after a while it’s just the horizon -and then one day birds wheel over that dark shape and it’s suddenly close, and all you can do is hope like hell that you’ve had the right shots.” ”“ Emily Perkins.In my heart, it don’t mean a thing.” ”“ Toni Morrison “Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother.“A perfect example of minority rule is a baby in the house.” -Milwaukee JournalĪ new mom quote for when the time feels fleeting….The more you give the more you get and the more you get the more you feel like giving.” ”“ Penelope Leach “Loving a baby is a circular business, a kind of feedback loop.“Because I feel that, in the Heavens above / The angels, whispering to one another, / Can find, among their burning terms of love / None so devotional as that of ”˜Mother’” ”“ Edgar Allen Poe.“You are the closest I will ever come to magic.” ”“ Suzanne Finnamore.Babies are always more trouble than you thought- and more wonderful.” -Charles Osgood.“Motherhood: The only place you can experience heaven and hell at the same time.” -Anonymous. “There is such a special sweetness in being able to participate in creation.” ”“ Pamela S. “I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.” ”“ Oprah.“For this child, I prayed and the Lord has granted the desires of my heart.” ”“ 1 Samuel 1:27.“Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it.” -Anonymous.“Birth is the epicenter of women’s power.” ”“Ani DiFranco.“A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty.” -Anonymous.“A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years, and in your heart until the day you die.” ”“ Mary Mason.But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name that moment.” -Anita Diamant There should be a song for women to sing at this moment, or a prayer to recite. “Just as there is no warning for childbirth, there is no preparation for the sight of a first child.“Parents need to fill a child’s bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can’t poke enough holes to make it dry.” -Alvin Price.Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.” ”“ Maya Angelou “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.“Whether your pregnancy was meticulously planned, medically coaxed, or happened by surprise, one thing is certain ”“ your life will never be the same.” ”“ Catherine Jones.“If your baby is beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the time- you’re the grandma”.“Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world, a mother’s love is not.” ”“ James Joyce.It’s the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won’t be needed in the long run.” ”“ Barbara Kingsolver “Kids don’t stay with you if you do it right.“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” ”“ Barbara Kingsolver.“Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.” ”“ Thomas S.“Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.” ”“ Robin Lim.A mother is something absolutely new.” -Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh The woman existed, but the mother, never.
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