INSPIRATIONAL GEMS:
"We fancy that God can only manage His world with battalions, when all the while he is doing it by beautiful babies. When a wrong wants righting, or a truth needs preaching or a continent needs opening, God sends a baby into the world . . . perhaps in a simple home and of some obscure mother. And then God puts the idea into the mother's heart, and she puts it into the baby's mind. And then God waits. The greatest forces in the world are not the earthquakes and thunderbolts. The greatest forces in the world are babies." --E.T. Sullivan
"Every young thing attaches itself to what is nearest and grows to be like it." --Seneca
How to obtain a rich personality: "By loving the beautiful, by reading the worth-while, by filling the mind with those things that are worth passing on, by cultivation of a cheery disposition, by striving toward high ideals." --Margaret Eggleston
"Every young thing attaches itself to what is nearest and grows to be like it." --Seneca
How to obtain a rich personality: "By loving the beautiful, by reading the worth-while, by filling the mind with those things that are worth passing on, by cultivation of a cheery disposition, by striving toward high ideals." --Margaret Eggleston
"The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse. We need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed. We need more goodness. We have enough vanity, we need more virtue. We have enough popularity, we need more purity." --Margaret Nadauld
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Thanks, mom.
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Dr. Gordon Neufeld: "You cannot parent a child whose heart you do not have."
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Mr. Rogers: "A great gift of an adult to a child is to love what you do in front of a child."
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Dr. Jenee Walker: "Trust the process."
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You only need to be once-a-day amazing.
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Although the song is of a father, mothers are rescuers and protectors as well.
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LISTEN:
A Mother's Influence (audio)
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READ:
MOTHER'S LEARNING LIBRARY:
A Mother's Influence (free digital copy-- hard copy may be purchased in the store.) 
Mother Carey's Chickens by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1910) -- This is the book Disney's Summer Magic is based upon. Kate Douglas Wiggin was a big proponent of Pestalozzi's and Froebel's ideas and was instrumental in establishing kindergartens in California. The story is delightful of a widowed mother and her children.
Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes
The charming adventures of the Mama of an immigrant Norwegian family living in San Francisco. This bestselling book inspired the play, motion picture, and television series I Remember Mama. BOOKS ABOUT MOTHERS:
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A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich (1928) -- A classic story of a pioneer mother in the soon-to-be state of Nebraska in 1848 who finds joy in everyday life despite overwhelming adversity and who always carries a lantern in her hand: love.
As I Have Loved You by Kitty deRuyter (1994) [Kindle and used copies available for purchase at Amazon] -- In the spirit of Corrie ten Boom in The Hiding Place, here's the true story of how an Indonesian mother's faith held her family together during the turbulent years of Japan's occupation and subsequent concentration camps.
If you would like the science behind using an art-based learning platform, this is the book for you. I met Dr. Melheim at a conference I spoke at and he shared his book with me. He is doing amazing work using the arts in countries all over the world. I've only been able to find his book at his website: richlearning.com.
Mother Culture: For a Happy Homeschool by Karen Andreola
"Karen Andreola, author of perennially popular Pocketful of Pinecones, has done it again. With Mother Culture, Andreola invites each of us to return to the roots of motherhood. In a culture of madness where everything needs to be bigger, faster and more spectacular, the author shares a vision of gentler learning, deeper relationships and closer families. Biblically-based and consistently practical, Andreola lays out a blueprint for every mother who longs for an exit strategy from the chaos of 21st-century parenting." --Jane and Steve Lambert, creators of Five in a Row DELPHIAN READING: VI: 269-328 Education X: 113-151 The Women's Movement |
TOOLS:
Fine Art Images to Inspire Your Heart. You have permission from artrenewal.org to print these images for personal use, but for any other purpose,
you will need to contact their licensing department. Click on the image to access fine arts pinterest page.
you will need to contact their licensing department. Click on the image to access fine arts pinterest page.
DO:
1. Keep a journal where you can copy quotes and write down impressions of ideas that strike you.
2. Consider forming a Mothers of Influence group for support and encouragement. You can start with just one friend! Go to mothersofinfluence.org
3. Select a fine art image that inspires your heart to hang on your wall.
4. If you need ideas for getting your house under control and making your home more warm and inviting so you can focus more on the 'fun' stuff, here are a couple of great resources:
2. Consider forming a Mothers of Influence group for support and encouragement. You can start with just one friend! Go to mothersofinfluence.org
3. Select a fine art image that inspires your heart to hang on your wall.
4. If you need ideas for getting your house under control and making your home more warm and inviting so you can focus more on the 'fun' stuff, here are a couple of great resources:
- The Fly Lady
- The Life-Giving Home with Sally Clarkson