{"quotes":[{"text":"Before your mother's conception of you, God knew you; before His ‪consecration of you, He had up set your assignments right! You are not an accident!‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["accident","assign","assignment","birth","conception","consecrate","consecration","food-for-thought","god","i-knew-you","in-my-mother-s-womb","israelmore-ayivor","jehovah","mama","mother","mum","purpose","ransom","right","salvage","save","womb"],"id":42307,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"My mama steps out of her dressand drops it, an inheritance falling to my feet.She stands alone: bathed, blooming,burdened with nothing of this world.Her body is naked and beautiful,her wings gray and scorched,her brown eyes piercing the brown of mine.I watch her departure, her flapping wings:She doesn’t look back, not even once,not even to whisper my name.","author":"Brenda Sutton Rose","tags":["mama","mother","poetry","southern-literature","wings"],"id":49589,"author_id":"Brenda+Sutton+Rose"},{"text":"My mother is my pastor She teaches me the BibleI love her as my mentorShe tells me to be humble!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["bible","food-for-thought","happy-mothers-day","humble","i-love-mum","israelmore-ayivor","love","mama","mentor","mother","mothers-day","mum","pastor","teaches","tells"],"id":104498,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"My mother is my friendWho shares with me her breadAll my hopelessness cured!Her company makes me secured!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["bread","company","cure","food-for-thought","friend","hope","hopeful","hopeless","israelmore-ayivor","mama","mother","mothers-day","mothers-day","mum","secure","security","share","share-bread","sharing"],"id":139019,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"Mama, I love you and miss you so very much. The absence of of your physical presence propels me further into understanding the spirit. I am inspired to be aware and mindful of everything around me because there-- you exist, always speaking to me and always with me.","author":"Kayko Tamaki","tags":["death-and-dying","grief","life","love","mama","motherless-daughter","mourning","spirit"],"id":177662,"author_id":"Kayko+Tamaki"},{"text":"I’m a MAMA! I’ve got REACTIONS \u0026 REFLEXES faster than any speeding bullet! HUGS \u0026 KISSES more POWERFUL than any drug! EYES in the back of my head! The amazing ABILITY to find stuff out to protect what I LOVE!And the STRENGTH to carry the weight of the world on my shoulders to keep my children safe from harm!","author":"Tanya Masse","tags":["being-a-mom","i-m-a-mama","mama","mom","mom","mother","about-being-a-mama"],"id":187499,"author_id":"Tanya+Masse"},{"text":"Mama wasn't dead...Exactly. They all said she was, but when Elma was small, she seen Mama creep into her room at night, half-naked, head all bloodied red like when they found her by the well that day, and Elma reckoned dead just meant pretendin' you couldn't move or breathe until nightfall when you got up and walked around like you was free.","author":"Shannon Celebi","tags":["dead","dead-and-gone","dead-people","death","death-and-dying","death-of-a-loved-one","free","freedom","ghosts","mama","pretending","pretending-death"],"id":209371,"author_id":"Shannon+Celebi"},{"text":"I lovehow grown childrenwill still nametheir mothersthe mostbeautiful.It isas though,their eyeshave met the cascadingcurvesand goldensilhouettesof every woman.Yettheir soulsstilldrumto the beat  of theirmother'swarmth and care.","author":"A Starry Eyed April","tags":["a-starry-eyed-april","mama","mom","mother","mother-s-day","motherhood","poems","poems-on-life","poetry","pregnancy","spoken-word","spoken-word-poetry","stretch-marks","writers","young-adult"],"id":217741,"author_id":"A+Starry+Eyed+April"},{"text":"My mother is my doctorCaring for me when am illI will love her forever tillWe are gone to our creator!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["caring","creator","doctor","food-for-thought","forever","gone","happy-mothers-day","i-love-mum","ill","israelmore-ayivor","love-hurts","mama","mother","mothers-day","mum","nurse","sick"],"id":228920,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"My mama is my feeding bottle... She never goes empty no matter how deep I sip! Thank you mum!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["deep","empty","feed","feeding","feeding-bottle","food-for-thought","israelmore-ayivor","mama","mother","mothers","mothers-day","mothers-day","mum","mummy","sip","thank-you-mum"],"id":236958,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":25,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}