He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
- Psalm 113:9

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The bravest battle that ever was fought,
Shall I tell you where and when?
On the maps of the World you will find it not,
It was fought by the mothers of men.

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A careful mother I must be,
A little daughter follows me.
I do not dare to go astray,
For fear she’ll go the self same way.
She’s only just a bit past three,
But I see in her a smaller me.
Like me she says she’s going to be,
This precious babe who follows me.
She likes to help me cook & sew,
She follows me where’er I go.
Not once can I escape her eyes,
Whate’er I do she always tries.
She acts like I’m almost divine,
Believes in every word of mine.
The base in me she must not see,
This trusting child who follows me.
Lord, make me conscious as I go,
Through summer sun & winter snow,
That she’ll be what she’s trained to be.
A future mother follows me.
-Martha E. Lambert

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As beauty is reflected by a looking glass … so too is the love of a mother mirrored in her children’s smiles.
- D.B. Berg

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I have seen a mother at a crib, so I know what love is.
– D.B. Berg

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Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it, But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. Then the king answered and said, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof
-1 Kings 3:26-27

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As beauty reflected by a looking glass, so too is the love of a mother mirrored in her children’s smiles.

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Mother-
the heart of the home,
the nurse for the injured,
the strength for the weak,
the light for the lost,
the feeder for the hungry,
the inspiration for the depressed
the encourager for the dejected
the faith for the faithless,
the healer for the broken-hearted.

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You’re never an adult until you have a child of your own.
– Good Thoughts

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One of my favourite stories concerns the farmer’s wife who had a brood of 9 children, She worked hard & was never ill. One day the doctor commented to her, “How is it that I have patients who have nervous breakdowns & yet they don’t have as much to do as you have?” The farmer’s wife looked wistful as she replied, “Doctor, I’ve often wanted to have a breakdown but always someone wanted me to fix a meal.”
– Good Thoughts

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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.
-Jewish Proverb

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A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us; when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavour by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.
-Washington Irving

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A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
– Victor Hugo

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What is a Mother?
A mother is someone who guides & inspires.
She helps us to attain our dreams & desires.
Wisdom & insight are part of her way,
And her faith in her children brightens their days.
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A mother’s patience is like a tube of toothpaste–it’s never quite all gone.
- Good Thoughts