Jeanne Marie Laskas Quotes

Before I had children I always wondered whether their births would be, for me, like the ultimate in gym class failures. And I discovered instead... that I'd finally found my sport.

Sometimes, mothers say and do things that seem like they don't want their kids... but when you look more closely, you realize that they're doing those kids a favor. They're just trying to give them a better life.

As a mom I know that raising children is the hardest job there is.

As scary as it was being raised by one Jewish mother, I have to feel for my kids because they have two Jewish mothers.

I learnt from Flo how to be mother. Flo was patient, tolerant. She was supportive. She was always there. She was playful. She enjoyed having her babies, as good mothers do.

I've always wanted to be a mom. Because I want to give a kid all of the magical gifts my mom gave me, such as love and friendship.

I am the mother of a 6-year-old now, so that's changed my entire perspective.

I'm a mother of three children, and we do make mistakes.

Mom used to say that having three boys was kind of like having a pet tornado that talked back.

Beyond a certain point, that was all a mother could do for her children - Hang around long enough to drive them crazy.

You don't realize how easy one is until you have two. Now I'm really a mom. Oh, I am a mom now! This is for serious — I am responsible for two people now.

I absolutely love being a mother.

Rest easy, real mothers. The very fact that you worry about being a good mom means that you already are one.

My favorite thing about being a mom is just what a better person it makes you on a daily basis.

I know a lot and have written a lot and have thought a lot about motherhood.

I feel that single mommies don't get enough praise and accolades. I've had first-hand experience. My mother was a single mom. As far as I'm concerned, mommies, in general, rule the world. And single mothers just take it to a whole other level.

Definitely being a mom changes your perspective on everything.

Women know the way to rear up children (to be just). They know a simple, merry, tender knack of tying sashes, fitting baby-shoes, and stringing pretty words that make no sense. And kissing full sense into empty words.

Being a mom myself and it being a huge and important part of who I am, made it easier for me to play the role of a strong, fierce, giving mom...

I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the painter of a great masterpiece.

I just think some women aren't made to be mothers. And some women aren't made to be daughters.

I love being a mom. That's the best job I've ever had. All the other stuff I love the same, but being a mom trumps all of it.

Being a good mother, it seemed to me, meant you ran the risk of losing your child.

I have found being a mother has made me emotionally raw in many situations. You heart is beating outside your body when you have a baby.

When you go into mama-bear mode and have no choice but to just go with the flow, that's kind of when I realized...it put life into perspective. Just seeing my little girls and knowing I was going to experience life all over again - I'd be able to take them to the same things that my mom did - it was beautiful. When you become a mom, you gain this vulnerability that is so beautiful. Just the fact that I'm vulnerable but I'm never ashamed is so cool.