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Dear Mother: Poems on the hot mess of motherhood QUOTES

Dear Mother: Poems on the hot mess of motherhood QUOTES

1 " dear mother,

our daughters watch us
to see what they'll be expected to be
and our sons watch us
to see what they'll be able to get away with "

― Bunmi Laditan , Dear Mother: Poems on the hot mess of motherhood

2 " Be careful how you speak about
yourself
for your works will become
your daughter's mother tongue "

― Bunmi Laditan , Dear Mother: Poems on the hot mess of motherhood

3 " I’ve learned that the best parents aren’t the ones who know how to be right the best ones are the ones who know how to apologize "

― Bunmi Laditan , Dear Mother: Poems on the hot mess of motherhood

4 " In a mother's love
the only heartbreak
is when they do
what you have prepared them for:
leave "

― Bunmi Laditan , Dear Mother: Poems on the hot mess of motherhood

5 " Motherhood has a way of talking all of your "I'll never"s and turning them into "Whatever works. "

― Bunmi Laditan , Dear Mother: Poems on the hot mess of motherhood

6 " MOTHERHOOD HAS TAUGHT ME THAT LOVE IS NOT A FEELING IT IS A BURNING DESIRE TO TRY A LITTLE HARDER THAN I DID YESTERDAY "

― Bunmi Laditan , Dear Mother: Poems on the hot mess of motherhood

7 " I know I may forget this day how you look in those little blue overalls but please God don’t let me ever forget the sound of my child’s laughter "

― Bunmi Laditan , Dear Mother: Poems on the hot mess of motherhood

8 " dear mother, no they would not be better off without you "

― Bunmi Laditan , Dear Mother: Poems on the hot mess of motherhood

9 " acknowledging that it doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful "

― Bunmi Laditan , Dear Mother: Poems on the hot mess of motherhood

10 " my biggest fear is that my mind will always be as messy as my kitchen counter "

― Bunmi Laditan , Dear Mother: Poems on the hot mess of motherhood

11 " Be careful how you speak about yourself for your words will become your daughter’s mother tongue "

― Bunmi Laditan , Dear Mother: Poems on the hot mess of motherhood

12 " There's no such thing as strong women or weak women. We're just women who do what we must until we can't. "

― Bunmi Laditan , Dear Mother: Poems on the hot mess of motherhood

13 " Depression isn't sadness;
It's the muting of a spirit,
Applause for life held indefinitely.
It's the fatigue of young bones,
The bitterness of new blood,
The sadness is just the wilting garnish
on this empty plate "

― Bunmi Laditan , Dear Mother: Poems on the hot mess of motherhood