We Belong Quotes

“They say having a child is like having your heart walk around outside your body.”
― Cookie Hiponia Everman, We Belong

“If you can’t go home again, then you must take home with you wherever you go.”
― Cookie Hiponia Everman, We Belong

“I call the Philippines home. It’s where I was born, where I was given my first name, where I learned how to say Mommy and sing Nanay in the same breath. I call America home. It’s where I claimed my true name, where I found my true voice, where I learned how to make my life, my heart, and my songs light enough to carry.”
― Cookie Hiponia Everman, We Belong

“Having two children helps me understand how I can call two places home, how I can love more than one country with all my heart.”
― Cookie Hiponia Everman, We Belong

“I found the mother I needed in myself, when you are frightened and I hold you close to my heart and coo, “It’s okay. Mama is here.”
― Cookie Hiponia Everman, We Belong

“I claimed a new name for mother to claim myself as yours, always. I know my name is safe in your mouths.”
― Cookie Hiponia Everman, We Belong

“Sometimes even good people, good mothers, do things they never thought they could do because they’re worried, because they’re scared. Sometimes even good people, good mothers, get so scared, they forget who they’re supposed to be.”
― Cookie Hiponia Everman, We Belong