You Made Me A Mother ( Poem and Picture Quote)

I felt you. You were a pea. Then a lemon. Then an eggplant. I followed advice. I read twelve books. I quite coffee. Could you tell I was scared?

I talked to you, sang to you… I wasn’t ready.

But then you were here. Ten toes. Seven pounds.

Love. Big Fat love.

I held you. I fed you. I realized that I would spend my life doing things to make you happy- and that would make me happy.

And then there are the times I want to give up.

You’ve made me rethink my sanity. You’ve made me want to fall at my mother’s feet and tell her that I get it. But then you smile and you say my name….and you grab my hand with those little fingers.

We’re growing together.

We are seeing the world like it’s new. I will open my heart and love will rain down all over you.

You’ll giggle and I’ll do it all over again. And we will walk hand in hand until you let go. I made you, but you made me a mother.

 

– Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

March 20, 2018 by protectivemothersallianceinternational Categories: Picture QuoteTags: creative writing, Love, mother, Motherhood, Picture Quote, Poem, Poetry Leave a comment

Happy Valentine’s Day Mom!

Animated Valentine Video for Mom .. Complete with flowers and LOTS of love! 

February 13, 2017 by EJ Categories: HolidayTags: Animation, Celebrating Mothers, Holiday, i love my mom, mom, mommy, mother, Motherhood, My Mom is my Valentine, Valentine, Valentine for Mom, Valentine's Day Leave a comment

The Moments We Wish We Could “Slow Down” by Nichole Nordeman

“Here’s to you
Every missing tooth
Every bedtime story
Here’s to Barbie cars,                                                                                                    light saber wars
Sleeping in on Sunday
Had to crawl
Before you walked
Before you ran
Before I knew it
You were teaching me
The only thing love can
Hold hands through it
When it’s scary, you’ve got me

Slow down
Won’t you stay here a minute more
I know you want to walk through the door
But it’s all too fast
Let’s make it last a little while…”

~ Nichole Nordeman

Nicole, a single mother with two children, wrote “Slow Down” song the night before her son’s fifth grade graduation.She says on facebook, “I don’t know of a more uttered or whispered phrase from a mother of any age, about her child of any age, than ‘It’s going by too fast.’ I feel like I spend my life trying to slow time. Trying to celebrate the growth and the milestones of my children, and then secretly day dreaming about building a time machine in my garage, so I can return to rocking my babies at midnight. If you’ve ever looked at your child running across a field, or striding across a graduation stage, or walking down the middle aisle of a church clutching a bouquet, you’ll know why this song is special to me. Please watch the video, remembering the moments we wish we could slow down, and sharing them with those we love most.”  

Read More About Nicole’s emotional experience writing “Slow Down” and what family means to her: Mom’s song pleads for children to ‘Slow Down’ and stop growing up so fast

 

September 9, 2016September 10, 2016 by EJ Categories: MusicTags: A Mother's Song, Celebrating Mothers, childhood, Christian Music, family, Growing Up, inspirational music, mother, Mother and Child, Mother and Child Bond, music video, Nichole Nordeman, Pop Music, Raising Children, Slow Down, Songs About Motherhood Leave a comment

Mom I Love You: By Grace (Child’s Drawing to Mom)

“Mom I Love You” ~ Child’s Drawing with Heart and Decorative Border,

Submitted by Grace © 2016.

PMA International: Love Letters to Our Children.

 

 

March 25, 2016May 13, 2016 by EJ Categories: A Child's Love Letter To Their Protective Mom, ArtTags: Art, child drawing, child's drawing, child's picture to mom, family, i love my mom, images for mom, letter to mom, love letter to mom, mom, mommy, mother, Mother and Child, Motherhood, PMA International, PMA International Campaign Leave a comment

Mommy Loves You More than I can Say, Mijo by E.V. (Poetry)

My heart hiccuped

as I gently opened your bedroom door

& beheld you sleeping

in the same position I had left you in 4 hrs ago…

Were you alright?

Just sleeping soundly,

finally “like a teenager”

even as I puzzled over how you COULD sleep

with the vacuum running downstairs…

I admired your long lean limbs,

the full curve of your sweet lips gently parted,

your tousled hair.

You took my hand & squeezed it

for a long tender moment

as you stretched into consciousness –

that meant the world to me.

I now understand those Victorian poets,

waxing rhapsodic about the merest touch,

feasting my eyes upon you on this,

our last day together for a while.

Mommy loves you more than I can say, mijo.

E.V. © 2015 Love Letters To Our Children

June 11, 2015September 5, 2018 by EJ Categories: A Protective Mother's Love Letter To Her Child, PoetryTags: a mother's love, children, DV By Proxy, estrangement, family, grief, letter to child, loss of child, loss of mother, Maternal Deprivation, memories, mom's poem to child, mother, Motherhood, parenting, PMA International, Poetry, poetry about children, protective mother, separation Leave a comment