My sisters been in town the last few days which is why I've been absent. It's always nice to have her in town even for such a short little while (3 days). I miss her. I really wish she lived close to me.
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The Lord will seldom do for us what we can do for ourselves.
- L. Tom Perry
We will be required to do things we're not familiar with.
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- L. Tom Perry
We will be required to do things we're not familiar with.
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Both of these quotes really hit home to me today and just wanted to share with all of you. It's certainly an excellent reminder of how we need to keep on living, doing, experiencing life. Most likely the things we are going to be asked to do will not be things we know how to do, but the uncomfortable state that will put us in is a good place to be...it means we're growing.
3. Question: Please share with me any mother/motherhood quotes you know and love? Thanks
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Le cœur d'une mère est un abîme au fond duquel se trouve toujours le pardon.
~Honoré De Balzac
It's prettier in French, but here's the translation:
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
~Honoré de Balzac
“Motherhood is the greatest potential influence either for good or ill in human life. The mother's image is the first that stamps itself on the unwritten page of the young child's mind. It is her caress that first awakens a sense of security; her kiss, the first realization of affection; her sympathy and tenderness, the first assurance that there is love in the world.”
~David O. McKay
One of the best books on Motherhood that is riddled with quotes from all different kinds of people is the book by Jane Clayson Johnson called "I Am A Mother." There were so many good ones in that book that my highlighter ran out. Worth the read..and it's a quick read.
Don't you just love sisters, they really are the best.
I've got quite a few quotes on mothers and mothering I love. Here are a few, if I think of some more I will email them to you.
"Do you want a spirit of love to grow in the world? Then begin within the walls of your own home. Behold your little ones, and see within them the wonders of God, from whose presence they have recently come."
President Gordon B. Hinckley
"May I say to mothers, in the name of the Lord, you are magnificent...the very fact that you have been given such a responsibility is everlasting evidence of the trust your Father in Heaven has in you." Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
"Being a mother means your heart is no longer yours; it wanders wherever your children do." ?
All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother. ~Abraham Lincoln
A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done. ~Author Unknown
God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan
and this just makes me laugh...
One of the very few reasons I had any respect for my mother when I was thirteen was because she would reach into the sink with her bare hands - bare hands - and pick up that lethal gunk and drop it into the garbage. To top that, I saw her reach into the wet garbage bag and fish around in there looking for a lost teaspoon. Bare hands - a kind of mad courage. ~Robert Fulghum
I hope you had so much fun with your sister.
The January ensign visiting teaching message has an awesome quote by Julie B. Beck. I would share it, but it's really long, but I love it. It really hit me that we are women because our spirits are, not because we were born with certain body parts. Women truly have a divine role and it started before we came here and will carry on long after we leave this world.
glad it was such a good time with your sister!
i'll email you some quotes.
That's a cute picture of you and Jenny, I'm glad you two had fun together.
I love this one: "Flowers have the sun, children have their mothers."
This one has been a favorite of mine for awhile..."Cleaning and scrubbing can wait for tomorrow,
For babies grow up, I've learned, to my sorrow.
So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust, go to sleep.
I'm rocking my baby, and babies don't keep."
(Ruth Hulburt Hamilton)
This one isn't specifically about mothers but I love it...
It is the wise parent who gives his child
roots and wings.
Chinese Proverb
Great to see a picture of cute Jenny. I love her too!
we may not do great things, but we can do small things great
-eliza snow
my mantra!
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