“There's a common saying that everybody deep at heart loves their mother, except sometimes we decide our actual mothers don't measure up. And so we look for a replacement.” LooksHeartSometimesMotherCommonHeart LoveReplacements Author:Peter Sagal
“Valentine's Day is my mother's birthday. If I'm wildly in love, I've sent people chicken hearts, which seems to appeal to the kind of person that I've been in love with.” PeopleIfsHeartKindPersonsSeemsMotherAppealsChickensValentineValentine's DayBeen In Love Author:John Waters
“We all go back to our roots. My father went to the central west, went to Ilfracombe in 1919. He was the manager of the wool scour there. And, Ilfracombe was right at the heart of Australia's great wool industry, and my mother was a teacher at Winton.” HeartMotherFatherTeacherIndustryRootsWestManagersAustraliaWool Author:Quentin Bryce
“Mothers of young children, your work is most holy. You are fashioning the destinies of immortal souls. The powers folded up in the little ones that you hushed to sleep in your bosoms last night, are powers that shall exist forever. You are preparing them for their immortal destiny and influence. Be faithful. Take up your sacred burden reverently. Be sure that your heart is pure and that your life is sweet and clean.” HeartChildrenLittlesSoulLastsYoungLife IsMotherNightSleepDestinyForeverInfluenceSweetHolyPureSacredCleanBurdenFaithfulImmortalPreparingLast NightBosomsYoung ChildrenBeing FaithfulImmortal SoulLife Is Sweet Author:J.R. Miller
“Love is the reason why my mother and father stick together in a hard life when they might each have an easier one apart; love is the reason why you choose a life with someone, and you don't turn back although your heart cries sometimes and your children see you cry and you wish out loud that things were easier. Love is getting up each day and fighting the same fight only to sleep that night in the same bed beside the same person because long ago, when you were younger and you did not see so clearly, you had chosen them.” HeartChildrenPersonsLongSometimesHardReasonMightTogetherMotherNightTurnsFightingFatherWishSleepLove IsCryEasierBedOur ChildrenSticksChosenLoudReason WhyYour ChildrenEach DayYou ChooseLong AgoMother And FatherHard Life Author:Kao Kalia Yang
“Hopefulness is the heartbeat of the relationship between a parent and child. Each time a child overcomes the next challenge of hislife, his triumph encourages new growth in his parents. In this sense a child is parent to his mother and father.” HeartChildrenMotherNextFatherParentGrowthChallengesOvercomingTriumphHeartbeatMother And FatherChildren And ParentsHopefulnessNew Growth Book:Oneness and separateness: from infant to individual Source: Oneness and separateness: from infant to individual
“At the heart of male bonding is this experience of boys in early puberty: they know they must break free from their mothers and the civilized world of women, but they are not ready yet for the world of men, so they are only at home with other boys, equally outcast, equally frightened, and equally involved in posturing what they believe to be manhood.” KnowsMenWorldBelieveHeartHomeMotherBoysBreakReadyInvolvedMalesCivilizedFrightenedManhoodNot ReadyOutcastBondingPuberty Author:Frank Pittman
“my belonging to relief society has renewed, strengthened, and committed me to be a better wife and mother and daughter of God. my heart has been enlarged with gospel understanding and with love of the Savior and what He's done for me. so to you, dear sisters, i say: come to relief society! it will fill your homes with love and charity; it will nurture and strengthen you and your families. your home needs your righteous heart.” NeedsHeartHas BeensDoneHomeMotherUnderstandingWifeMy HeartDaughterCharityDearCommittedOur FamilyReliefBelongingSaviorRighteousNurtureMother And DaughterWives And MothersDaughter Of GodDear SisterRelief Society Author:Bonnie D. Parkin
“Have you ever been through a painful season in life and wished for something new, something fresh, or even something healing to come along? Take this journey with Robin Price, a widow and single mother with a big heart and passion for those closest to her as she wades through trying to live, let go, and love again. Wishing on Willows is a story of hope that will find you stepping up to the willow tree and daring to make wishes” TryingHeartStoriesBigsMotherPassionWishHealingTreeJourneyLetting GoAnd LoveSeasonsPainfulSomething NewDaringClosestWidowsRobinsWadeSingle MotherLove AgainBig HeartMake A WishWillow Trees Author:Jane Kirkpatrick