{"quotes":[{"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":"Right mothering meets the child’s need. Focusing on what the child should not be draws resistant energy. Pointing out what the child should be feeds self-hatred and struggle.","author":"Vimala McClure","tags":["child","motherhood","mothering"],"id":18640,"author_id":"Vimala+McClure"},{"text":"Mothering or nurturing is not just a calling for women who have biological or adopted children. Mothering is a calling for all women. Every Christian woman is called to the spiritual motherhood of making disciples of all nations.","author":"Gloria Furman","tags":["christian-life","christian-moms","missions","motherhood","mothering","women"],"id":38045,"author_id":"Gloria+Furman"},{"text":"A wise mother knows: It is her state of consciousness that matters. Her gentleness and clarity command respect. Her love creates security.","author":"Vimala McClure","tags":["gentleness","love","mothering","respect","security"],"id":44580,"author_id":"Vimala+McClure"},{"text":"Some say that pregnancy make a woman an instant mother. To that I say, I became an instant woman the day I became a mother.","author":"Efrat Cybulkiewicz","tags":["love","maturity","motherhood","mothering","motherood","pregnancy","pregnant-woman","self-improvement","self-improvement","self-love","self-worth","woman","woman-worth"],"id":62118,"author_id":"Efrat+Cybulkiewicz"},{"text":"The 'new' Anglo-American feminist theory argues that too little mothering, and, in particular, the absence of mother-son connection, is what engenders both sexism and traditional masculinity in men. (...) This perspective positions mothering as central to feminist politics in its insistence that true and lasting gender equality will occur only when boys are raised as the sons of mothers. As the early feminist script of mother-son connection required the denial of the mother's power and the displacement of her identity as mother, the new perspective affirms the maternal and celebrates mother-son connection. In this, it rewrites the patriarchal and early feminist narrative to give (...) voice and presence to the mother and make mother-son connection central to the redesign of both traditional masculinity and the larger patriarchal culture.","author":"Andrea O'Reilly","tags":["anglo-american","boys","feminism","feminist","mothering","mothers","patriarchal-culture","sons","united-states-of-america"],"id":69083,"author_id":"Andrea+O%27Reilly"},{"text":"From 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":["abusive","beauty","birth","cherish","childish","children","creation","divine","divine-mother","dust","eulogy","eulogy-mother","existence","feather","female","feminism","fertility","gentle","goddess","grandmother","hair","heart","hearts","kindness","kingdom","life","loss-of-mother","matriarch","mind","mom","mommy","mother","mother-earth","mother-poem","mother-poetry","motherhood","mothering","mothers","mothers-and-daughters","mothers-love","mothers-poem","name","parents","poem","poetry","pregnancy","queen","royalty","seaweed","seed","silent","sisters","soul","suzy-kassem","thighs","treasure","treatment","universe","value","woman","woman-power","woman-rights","womanhood","women"],"id":81503,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"We are the windows through which our children first see the world. Let us be conscious of the view.","author":"Katrina Kenison","tags":["mothering","parenting"],"id":96904,"author_id":"Katrina+Kenison"},{"text":"There is always the fantasy of maternal love, but it does not accommodate a mother's fear of her children.","author":"Stephanie Bishop","tags":["mother","motherhood","mothering"],"id":105847,"author_id":"Stephanie+Bishop"},{"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"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":33,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}