{"quotes":[{"text":"Maybe real-life Mom didn't vacuum the house flawlessly arrayed in pearls and a pleated shirt like the mother on leave it to beaver. Maybe she flirted with the milkman or waited for the kids to go to bed so she could hammer back a couple of mugs of vodka pretending it was tea. But she was there to greet us when we came home from school in the afternoon. She made us dinner, kept watch on us through the kitchen window, put Band-Aids on our scrapes and bruises. She was Mom and that was no small thing.","author":"Andrew Klavan","tags":["enough","greatness","moms"],"id":2029,"author_id":"Andrew+Klavan"},{"text":"Sometimesmoms are bribes,bludgeoning,with tongues that chase youwhenever you get a chance passed a mirror.","author":"Kay Ulanday Barrett","tags":["expectations","moms","mothering","mothers","mothers-and-children"],"id":5212,"author_id":"Kay+Ulanday+Barrett"},{"text":"As women, we'd be exponentially lighter if we'd sort through some of our emotional clutter... We need to dispose of the crud that we no longer need. Excerpt from essay #3 'What's in my Purse?","author":"Dianne Bright","tags":["kids","moms","parenting"],"id":19903,"author_id":"Dianne+Bright"},{"text":"Your mother is risking a lot, because she believes in you.","author":"Matthew Quick","tags":["faith","family","love","moms","risk","unconditional-love"],"id":39957,"author_id":"Matthew+Quick"},{"text":"Moms are so hard to understand! They'll never allow us to go on diet for fitness but forcefully make us fast in the name of God!~Swapna Rajput~.","author":"Swapna Rajput","tags":["diet","fasting","fitness","funny","humor","moms","moms-love","satire"],"id":50913,"author_id":"Swapna+Rajput"},{"text":"Nothing is enough that doesn't come with peace of mind. Nothing is enough that doesn't come with love.","author":"Tracy Deebs","tags":["inspiring","moms","sweet"],"id":77448,"author_id":"Tracy+Deebs"},{"text":"I used to be embarrassed by my mom, but now I know what she is—she’s a hero.","author":"Carrie Jones","tags":["hero","moms"],"id":132374,"author_id":"Carrie+Jones"},{"text":"KINGDOM OF THE WOMBFrom her thighs, she gives you lifeAnd how you treat she who gives you lifeShows how much you value the life given to you by the Creator.And from seed to dustThere is ONE soul above all others --That you must always show patience, respect, and trustAnd this woman is your mother.And when your soul departs your bodyAnd your deeds are weighed against the featherThere is only one soul who can save yoursAnd this woman is your mother.And when the heart of the universeAsks her hair and mind,Whether you were gentle and kind to herHer heart will be forced to remain silentAnd her hair will speak freely as a separate entity,Very much like the seaweed in the sea --It will reveal all that it has heard and seen.This woman whose heart has seen yours,First before anybody else in the world,And whose womb had opened the doorFor your eyes to experience light and more --Is your very own MOTHER.So, no matter whether your mother has been cruel,Manipulative, abusive, mentally sick, or simply childishHow you treat her is the ultimate test.If she misguides you, forgive her and show her the right wayWith simple wisdom, gentleness, and kindness.And always remember,That the queen in the Creator's kingdom,Who sits on the throne of all existence,Is exactly the same as in yours.And her name is,THE DIVINE MOTHER.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["birth","body","child","creator","divine","divine-mother","divine-wisdom","exist","extistence","feather","female","females","gentle","gentleness","god","goddess","hair","heard","heart","kind","kingdom","life","mind","moms","mother","mother-poem","motherhood","mothering","mothers","name","patience","poem-mother","poetry-mom","poetry-mothersuzy-kassem","queen","respect","seaweed","seen","soul","speak","thighs","throne","trust","truth","universe","value","wisdom","woman","womb","women"],"id":142477,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"You are evidence of your mother's strength, especially if you are a rebellious knucklehead and regardless she has always maintained her sanity.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["appreciation","difficulties","disobedience","disrespect","humor","knucklehead","love","moms","mother","motherly-love","mothers-day","obedience","rebellion","respect","strength","tolerance","unconditional","unconditional-love"],"id":142861,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"I stumble and fall.I weep and struggle to rise.My mom feels it all.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["empathy","feeling-for-children","feelings","haiku","mom","moms","mother-s-love","motherhood","poetry","richelle","richelle-e-goodrich","richelle-goodrich","sympathy"],"id":147631,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":37,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}