“When I met my designs in the market of a remote village in the West Indies, or in the airport restaurant in Zurich, I felt like the mother of many well-behaved children.” WellsChildrenMotherFeltDesignMetsWestRestaurantsVillageAirportsWest IndiesZurich Author:Eva Zeisel
“Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West, From North and South, come the pilgrim and guest, When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board The old broken links of affection restored, When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more, And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before. What moistens the lips and what brightens the eye? What calls back the past, like the rich pumpkin pie?” MenEyeCarePastMotherGirlRichBrokenWestSouthRoundsLipsAffectionEastBoardsLinksGrayGuestsWornPiePilgrimPumpkinThanksgiving DayNorth And SouthPumpkin Pie Author:John Greenleaf Whittier
“My mother is a fighter. After she battled polio and learned to walk again, the doctors told her she would be a cripple her entire life. Instead of accepting defeat, she refused this fate and went on to become the West African Womens Singles tennis champion in college.” Would BeMotherWalksAcceptingFateCollegeDoctorsWestDefeatFighterChampionTennisSinglesCripplesPolio Author:Uzo Aduba
“Just about everything significant in my life happened after I passed forty. I was a housewife and mother, but yearned to be a writer. I worked at my writing whenever I could snatch a moment, and I assembled several manuscripts. I was just about forty when my first novel, East Wind, West Wind, was published. Then a few months later came The Good Earth. My career was launched at last, and it has given me the richest possible satisfaction” WritingFirstsMomentsEarthLastsMotherGivenCareersNovelHappenedWindMonthsWestSatisfactionEastSignificantFortyHousewifeManuscriptsLife HappensGood Earth Author:Pearl S. Buck
“My mother's family came from the British West Indies. And my father's family came from, well, my father's father came from the Montana/South Dakota area. They were Blackfoot Indian.” WellsMotherFatherHavensAreasWestSouthBritishIndianMontanaDakotaSouth DakotaWest Indies Author:Richie Havens
“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