My Favorite Quotes About Mothers + Weekly Post Recap

 
I hope y’all had a great weekend!  We spent Mother’s Day on the boat yesterday, and had the best time!  Wouldn’t have wanted it any other way!  Not kidding, the kids were so wiped that they went to bed at 6pm!  That gave Lanier and I plenty of time to hang out and relax on our back deck.  Our neighbors came over with some fresh shrimp, and we hung out until late in the evening.
Isn’t it the most rewarding thing in life, to have a mother?
To be a mother?
Have someone you look up to as your mother?
These quotes are definitely ones to cherish.
Enjoy!

Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.
~Author Unknown
 All mothers are working mothers.
~Author Unknown
Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.
~Marion C. Garretty, quoted in Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul
A mother understands what a child does not say.
~Author Unknown
A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.
~Irish Proverb
 You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around – and why his parents will always wave back.
~William D. Tammeus
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
 ~Oprah Winfrey
All women become like their mothers.  That is their tragedy.  No man does.  That’s his.  
~Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895 

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

~Chinese Proverb
(Photo taken February 2014)

While my children may outgrow my lap, they’ll never outgrow my heart!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there, or soon-to-be mothers!
I hope your loved ones spoiled you rotten yesterday, you deserve it!

In case you missed any of last week’s posts, you can check them out below…

How We Roll: My Must-Haves for Surviving Parenthood So Far
Loving Lately + An OOTD
Wednesday Whereabouts (Our Week in Pictures)
Congress Cuban Cocktail + an OOTN
Monthly OOTD Round-Up: April
Kids’ Spring Wear Faves

Hope y’all have a great start to your week!

Photo Credit: 123456