What does it mean to be a mother? And why would anyone want to become one? Why would women give up certain goals and dreams in order to raise messy, cranky little people? Why would they give up their bodies, their living space, and their finances, just to create a little version of themselves? Perhaps because they understand that motherhood is a calling and a blessing, despite its trials. I am always amazed at the remarkable women I see in the world today, the amazing mothers who nurture their children, who are doing an amazing job. So, today I am sharing some powerful and inspirational motherhood quotes from mothers like you. These fellow writers and I share a little of what it means to be a mother. Enjoy!
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Happy Mother’s Day!
Motherhood Quotes from Mothers Like You
A couple of weeks ago, I was up late with the three-year-old, who has recently decided that sleeping through the night is for wimps. He eventually passed out on my lap while watching Toy Story 3, and I took some time to reflect on how much my life has changed in the past ten years.
As I looked down, the first thing I saw was my stomach, lumpy and stretch marked after carrying two children pretty much back-to-back. Sigh. There was a time when that stomach was flat. There was a time when I was a size 2. There was a time when I was sexy and I knew it. That time has passed, never to return again.
But then I looked just past my stomach, and there was my sleeping baby. My heart. And looking at him, a flat stomach didn’t seem like such a big deal anymore. Maybe my stomach isn’t beautiful anymore, but my life is beautiful. So, in the middle of this reflection, I snapped this picture, and posted it on Instagram with this caption:
I don’t have the flat stomach I did when I was 19, but I’ve got something much better now.[Read all of That Time I Offended Someone With My Stomach on Instagram by Crystal of Mom for Less.]
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[…]I knew there would be a lot of sleeplessness (and trust me, I’ve had my nights when I did not appreciate being awakened!). I knew I would be with this little one almost all the time, around the clock, because no one else in the world can provide for her what I can. But that’s just the thing – no one else in the world can provide for her what I can! How cool is that?
These past couple weeks have been a revelation to me. I LOVE being a mommy. You know how some people talk about how much they love their job, that they just know they are doing what they were made to do? Well, I’ve always enjoyed the things I’ve done, but I never felt that settled feeling of being right where I was supposed to be. Now I do.
What’s been surprising to me about motherhood is how much I love it. I knew I would love my children, but I thought I would feel little resentments, even now at the beginning. You know – I thought it would be upsetting that I can’t just do what I want every so often. I thought it would bother me that I can’t get everything else done and get around to what I want to do. I am not a patient person. But with Aria, I am. I just am. […]
[Read all of The Reality of Life with a Little One and How I feel About It by Katy at Plumfield Dreams.]
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A Letter to Our Four Beautiful Children –
When I was a child and people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I always answered, a mother. I knew from the time I was young that being a mother was my role and my calling in this life. I have always wished to have you in my life. Little did I know how much the four of you would mean to me and how much you would change my life, each in your own special way.
When the first baby came into our lives, your father and I were so nervous that we would mess up. We had no idea what we were doing. Somehow we figured things out a little at a time and learned a little about parenting. However, the thing we learned the most about was love. It was so amazing to me, and your Dad how much we could love such a new and tiny creature. Becoming a mother made me capable of loving so much deeper than I ever imagined.
[Read all of Thanks for Making Me a Mother ~ With a Giveaway by Karyn of Teach Beside Me.]
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As I sat rocking my four month old to bed tonight I thought about how much I enjoyed this time with him. How much I will miss it when he just goes to bed on his own. I know most of you are thinking this is probably horrible advice, but when I look back and think about how much I stressed over having “the perfect child” that had a perfect schedule, I feel sad that I didn’t rock them and enjoy that precious time with them in my arms. I love looking down into his sweet eyes as he sucks on his paci and looks up at me like I am the whole world to him. I am the world to him right now… so I am going to enjoy it while it last because time passes way to quickly.
[Read all of We are the World to Them from Kendra of The Things I Love Most.]
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Becoming a stay-at-home mom was one of the hardest, most humbling experiences I’ve ever had. I don’t think that being a stay-at-home mom is harder than anything else, but it has tried me and my personal limits in ways nothing else has.
These past three years I’ve grown, our family has grown, my marriage has grown. I’ve learned things about myself, I’ve done things I didn’t know I could do, and I’ve surprised myself with my accomplishments as a mom to these sweet kiddos.
Being a stay-at-home mom is so physically active, and it never quits. It is because of the little people in my life who have taught me life lessons that will stick. Those three little answered prayers that wake me up at the crack of dawn, need something every 5 minutes without fail, and give me the biggest warmest hugs, make up the best full-time job. They are not perfect, but they are mine, and 5 years ago my life changed forever, and 3 years ago I got a huge promotion.
So not only is today my anniversary for being a stay at home mom, but it is the eve of my daughter’s birthday, the day I became a mom for the first time! Happy Momiversary to me!
[Read all of Being a Stay at Home Mom: 3 Year Momiversary! by Chelsey at Cee Me Be.]
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Maybe motherhood is the answer to that prayer I prayed ten years ago, “I want to be more like You.” I’ve been given what I asked for — an opportunity to grow in grace. Yes, motherhood is hard, and thankless. I don’t want to minimize that AT ALL. But when I look at my life, at who I am now and who I want to be, I think I’ve been looking at things from the wrong perspective.
[Read all of Finding Joy in the Thankless by Crystal at Mom for Less.]
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Parenting is often so draining, so taxing, so frustrating, that often it’s all we can think about, all we can see of our lives. How will we survive until bedtime tonight? How do I make my kid eat his dinner? How long will potty training last? And why must my child still get up in the middle of the night?
But, I personally attest that savoring at least one moment each and every day with your child will help you be happy. It helps me enjoy motherhood, my time at home, and parenting. It reminds me that children are precious, pure, innocent, and need me more than anything. Children are a gift from God, not a punishment. I find that the good moments I have with of my children help me feel the connection between heaven and earth. I feel sublime powers all around me. I feel heaven near. Jesus loves little children, so much so that he proclaimed the greatest goal of our lives should be to become as a child!: Meek, submissive, mild, teachable, lovable, and humble. In the quiet memorable moments with my children, I am indeed taught just how much they possess those qualities inherently. It is a blessing to myself to savor such moments as it teaches me how to become more like them.
[Read all of 5 Ways to Be Happier as a Stay at Home Mom by Katelyn here at What’s up Fagans?]
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I’ve learned:
. . . That toddler kisses are the best, hands down. Sure, they might be super slobbery, but they are oh so sweet. And I hope he never gets too old to give his mama a kiss.
. . . That on the days that I feel the worst, Jack can make everything better. Whether I’m feeling sick, or just bummed about something, he seems to have this sixth sense that I’m sad, and he gives me extra cuddles, or says, “kay mommy?” He has such a sweet spirit, and I’ve felt that way since he was born. I believe he’s destined to do great things!
. . . The funniest people can’t talk much. That there’s nothing better than hearing “Love you mama” Even when we’ve had the hardest day, and my patience has been stretched about as thin as it possibly can be, I honestly can say I go to bed every night, feeling so grateful for the opportunity I have to be Jack’s mom.
. . . There is nothing else I’d rather be doing at this time in my life. I believe that the influence of a mother on a child’s life is greatest in those first few years, and I am so grateful that I’m able to be with Jack all the time. Being a mom is the hardest, most tiring, and oft times frustrating thing I’ve ever done, but it’s by far the most rewarding. I can truly say that every night when I go to sleep, regardless of the day’s events, I pour my heart out in gratitude to have the opportunity to raise the little boy that I am.
[Read all of Katie’s Thoughts on Motherhood: Two Years In at Clarks Condensed.]
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Raising great kids is extremely important. So I’m choosing to make the best out of my awesome appointment of being a mother of young children by being a happy mother while mothering!
Doing so means I view my children as gifts, as precious, as pure, as wonderful. I see their potentials. I love them fully. I devout my attention (note I didn’t just say time) to them. I make them my top priority, not my home, not my grooming, not this blog, not Facebook, not some book, movie, or game – THEM! I still feel like I am coming into this new frame of mind, of this new understanding of the true value of motherhood, but I am determined to live differently.
[Read all of Being a Happy Mother by Valuing Motherhood by Katelyn here at What’s up Fagans?]
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I don’t remember the exact Mother’s day. I don’t remember even why I picked that Mother’s day to give this gift, but I have been forever touched by it’s impact.
That year I grabbed a dollar store card, and in it, I place a simple list written on plain paper. Little did I realize how much my mother would cherish that list. Perhaps if I did, I would have chosen nicer paper. Perhaps I would have used my best handwriting, but then again, I doubt that would have changed the cord it struck in my mother’s heart.
On the list, written with the ink of a inexpensive dollar store pen, were 10 things my mom held dear.
What were those 10 things? What was that list? Why did it touch my mother’s heart so?
The title read “10 Reasons Why I am Glad You Are My Mother”.
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While there are lots of times I don’t feel like an awesome Mom, for many different reasons, from the lack of cute fashionable clothes and toys for my girls to the amount of yelling I sometimes do at them, and everything in between, I feel like there is enough negativity in the world today and enough blogs in the blogosphere about the “hard things” about raising kids. Today I want to share the awesomeness of having a family, of being a mother.
Recently there have been times when I have felt like an awesome Mom, when I think, these kids just might turn out alright, when I think our family would look good on a postcard or in a Lifetime movie because we are so cute and happy, when I think that my outpouring of love towards my children is perfect. […]
Other examples of this feeling happen in the quiet moments I have with them at home, moments when we talk together, one-on-one, where we look into each others eyes and smile at each other and laugh and play. When I feel like I am my child’s whole world and realize they are indeed mine. When I look at them and realize how big they are now, how wonderfully they are saying words and sentences, how they can do more and more “big kid” things all the time. It’s those moments when I think how much they look like me and Josh, and how much they act like Josh and I. I marvel at how beautiful they are. I marvel that they love me so much and each other. It’s in these moments that I feel like I’m an awesome mom. I feel like an awesome mother because I am giving my undivided, fully invested time to my child and they love every second of it.
Times like this are often hard to adequately describe to others as something different, out of the ordinary, something special. But, they are. And these moments are surprisingly often if I let them be. Sure kids misbehave daily when two-years old, but I am starting to feel like an awesome mom by knowing what to do when that happens. I’m starting to feel like an awesome mom when I take my kids outside and let them walk to the slides in our complex after we get the mail. I feel like an awesome mom when I stick to routines. I feel like an awesome mom when I help my children learn a new word or expose them to new foods and new experiences.
I feel like an awesome mom when I sing and dance with my children. I feel like an awesome mom when I forgo my inhibitions and agendas and do what feels natural and right for me and my family. I love feeling like I’m an awesome mom.
[Read all of When I feel like I’m an Awesome Mom by Katelyn here at What’s up Fagans?]
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I hope you enjoyed these great quotes on Motherhood! Motherhood is a blessing and a calling. Be sure to follow my “Motherhood Articles” board on Pinterest where I have even more inspirational motherhood quotes and messages from around the internet. I’m really into this mothering thing if you couldn’t tell! It’s the best! And have a great Mother’s Day all you moms out there!
Katie Clark says
I love this so much! All of these quotes are so inspiring. What a great compilation 🙂
Katy Blevins says
You always do such a fantastic job of compiling great content to share! Love all of these different posts and your constant energy to support and share others’ work. Can’t wait to find some time to work through these each and click through!