Nia Vardalos Quotes

Whenever I write about motherhood - and I write about it a lot - I am drawing on my experiences as a mother and also my experiences as a daughter.

I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful word in the English language.

There is nothing better than being a parent. It is the most challenging job one could ever ask for. I love being a mom and I love being a friend to my children as well.

Susan, an only child who never had any roots, and I, a lone wolf who got married 20 years to late, were adopted by the kids as much as they were by us.

I love children and I love family and I love that interaction. Because I had a really close relationship with my mother, I understand that deep powerful love, and it's so beautiful. To be a mother to a child is the most brilliant gift; it's gorgeous.

I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.

I've seen my own kids go through their own ups and downs, and as a mother, you want to make it better.

I'm always awoken with the joyous sound and laughter of my son. That's the best part about being a mom.

I always wanted to be a mother first.

A very long time, I've wanted to be a mom. When we started this, we didn't know how it was going to end up.

However motherhood comes to you, it's a miracle.

I'm really clear about my priority in life-it's being a mom.

The more I go through parenting, the more I say I owe my mother an apology.

Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.

Becoming a mother is the best thing that has ever happened to me, I am happy to once again be a part of National Adoption Day. We were matched with our daughter through the U.S. foster care system, and my goal is to share information about the more than 120,000 foster care children in this country who are waiting for a family.

I always assumed that, like my mother before me, one day I would have children. When I was 5, my fantasy was to have a hundred dogs and a hundred kids.

What I really wanted to do, actually, was stay home and be a mom and have some more kids.

I don't think you necessarily have to be part of a traditional nuclear family to be a good mother.

Being a mother is the most fun job I've ever had.

For the record, my mother is an astonishing and loving grandmother.

I'm done with the whole idea of having my own children. It doesn't seem like any fun.

My most amazing discovery was becoming a mother. It changed everything. I can't imagine my life without these little beings.

Becoming a mother has been the best experience of my life, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

I love being with my children. They're fascinating people.

The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.