"We'll bury our mothers and fathers - shuttling our children off for sleepovers, jumping on red-eyes, telling eachother stories that hurt to hear, about gasping, agonal breaths, hospice nurses, scars and bruises and scabs, and how skin papers shortly after a person passes. We will nod in agreement that it is as much an honor to witness a person leave this world as it is to watch a person come into it."

-- Kelly Corrigan

#Mother Quotes #Hurt Quotes #Children Quotes

“Men may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.”
“There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.”
“I guess that's my defence, is like - even if people think it sucks - it's not me anymore, you know.”
“Showers and sunshine bring, Slowly, the deepening verdure o'er the earth; To put their foliage out, the woods are slack, And one by one the singing-birds come back.”
“I think my general disposition on life is finding what's funny about it. When something happens, the first thing in my mind is, "What's funny about it?"”
“I know what it's like to struggle and to have those concerns that all mothers have.”
“We all, parents, educators, community leaders, and every... citizen, need to come together to find new ways to engage children with the natural environment.”
“I accept the term extremist with pride.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com

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