#moth

(24/7) once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer. ↗

De pronto la miro y ya no está. Vuelvo a mirarla, la define su ausencia. Ha ido a unirse a lago que le da fuerza y no sé lo que es. No puedo seguirla, no entiendo hacia qué espacio invisible se ha dirigido, qué aire inefable la resguarda y la aísla; desde luego ya no está en el mundo y por más que manoteo no me ve, permanece siempre fuera de mi alcance. Sé que mi amor la sustenta, claro, pero su ausencia es sólo suya y en ella no tengo cabida. ↗

— Elena Poniatowska

#fragility #love #mother-daughter-relationship #relación-madre-e-hija #vínculos

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#hope

There were times Ruma felt closer to her mother in death than she had in life, an intimacy born simply of thinking of her so often, of missing her. But she knew that this was an illusion, a mirage, and that the distance between them was now infinite, unyielding. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#mother #death

There's no bitch on earth like a mother frightened for her kids. ↗

— Stephen King

#mothers #kids

This is an old family secret, and I just found this out recently, and it almost broke my heart. My mother said to me, 'I had never told you this, but God, you were an ugly baby'. ↗

— John Stamos

#baby #broke #family #found #god

The career of motherhood and homemaking is beyond value and needs no justification. Its importance is incalculable. ↗

— Katherine Short

#homemaking #motherhood #career

If you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good fighter. ↗

— Anchee Min

#mother #womb #fighting

Mothers are all slightly insane. ↗

— J. D. Salinger

#mothers #slightly

Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts. ↗