Dear Mother Quotes

“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

“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

“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

“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

“In a mother's love
the only heartbreak
is when they do
what you have prepared them for:
leave”
― Bunmi Laditan, Dear Mother Lib/E: Poems on the Hot Mess of Motherhood

“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

“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 Lib/E: Poems on the Hot Mess of Motherhood

“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

“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

“acknowledging that it doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful”
― Bunmi Laditan, Dear Mother: Poems on the Hot Mess of Motherhood

“dear mother, no they would not be better off without you”
― Bunmi Laditan, Dear Mother: Poems on the Hot Mess of Motherhood

“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

“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