[biggsista]

I Love quotes and one woman posted one today, so thought I would start a "quote of the day"- please feel free each day to post your favorite quote or how r you feeling or just some words of inspiration....


"The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be...because of all I may become I will close my eyes and leap!”

Mary Anne Radmacher

[biggsista]

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou

[biggsista]

“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
Jimmy Dean

[einstein]

Here's one of my favorites:

That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.

Friedrich Nietzche

[webjema]

oh ye... and my:
"Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools."
Truman Capote

[hopeful2bmom]

To laugh often and much;

To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;

To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;

To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;

To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.

This is to have succeeded.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

[biggsista]

Hey Ladies,
Glad to see this is back..wanted to share a nice poem I have seen and read..it's probably here somewhere else but thought I'd share again!

Thoughts on Becoming a Mother
There are women that become mothers without effort, without thought, without patience or loss and though they are good mothers and love their children, I know that I will be better.
I will be better not because of genetics, or money or that I have read more books,
but because I have struggled and toiled for this child.
I have longed and waited. I have cried and prayed.
I have endured and planned over and over again.
Like most things in life, the people who truly have appreciation are those who have struggled to attain their dreams.
I will notice everything about my child.
I will take time to watch my child sleep, explore and discover. I will marvel at this miracle every day for the rest of my life.
I will be happy when I wake in the middle of the night to the sound of my child, knowing that I can comfort, hold and feed him and that I am not waking to take another temperature, pop another pill, take another shot or cry tears of a broken dream. My dream will be crying for me.
I count myself lucky in this sense; that God has given me this insight, this special vision with which I will look upon my child that my friends will not see.
Whether I parent a child I actually give birth to or a child that God leads me to, I will not be careless with my love.
I will be a better mother for all that I have endured. I am a better wife, a better aunt, a better daughter, neighbor, friend and sister because I have known pain.
I know disillusionment as I have been betrayed by my own body, I have been tried by fire and hell many never face, yet given time, I stood tall.
I have prevailed.
I have succeeded.
I have won.
So now, when others hurt around me, I do not run from their pain in order to save myself discomfort. I see it, mourn it, and join them in theirs.
I listen.
And even though I cannot make it better, I can make it less lonely. I have learned the immerse power of another hand holding tight to mine, of other eyes that moisten as they learn to accept the harsh truth and when life is beyond hard. I have learned a compassion that only comes with walking in those shoes.
I have learned to appreciate life.
Yes I will be a wonderful mother.

[sunshineshimmers]

Its not always rainbows and butterflies, its compromise that moves us along.....

~From the Maroon 5 song "she will be loved"

This is one of my favorites!!

[callygirl-ingeorgia]

I have a created a little mantra for our year!

In 2008
We start with clean slates
For the healthy babies we'll create
With our dear and fabulous mates
Our periods will be late
The embabies will gestate
Our fears will abate
We will reach our due dates
To thank God and Celebrate!!!!

[fairiedusst]

I know this isn't keeping with the tradition of the positive vibes we have going on this board (which I love!!), but sometimes I just have to cry. I don't know if you all have heard about it, but there is a song about infertility by Kellie Coffey called "I Would Die for That". You can listen to the whole song on her MySpace page MySpace.com - Kellie Coffey - OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma - Country / Pop / Rock - www.myspace.com/kelliecoffeyartistpage. Warning, it is sad, and you will cry!

[Mirthful]

I love this quote:

"To achieve the life you want, you must first give up the life that you have."

~Carolyn Myss


Great thread ladies, I love all the quotes and poems.

[MoniqueD]

"I hope we can be happy where we are, be grateful for our blessings now, here accept that challenge that is ours and make the most of it, and not be envious of others." ~Ezra Taft Benson

"It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for it one is doomed to dissappointment, why experience it in advance?"
~ Elizabeth Peters

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties tomorrow of its strenth"
~ Corrie Ten Boom

[Tweet]

I'm not sure who to credit this quote to. But I'm certain that I got it from one of the Pastor's at my church...

"You can't have a testimony without a test"

[hopin4baby]

Never Give Up Beacuse You Never Know What Tomorrow Will Bring.

[MoniqueD]

Originally Posted by MoniqueD

"I hope we can be happy where we are, be grateful for our blessings now, here accept that challenge that is ours and make the most of it, and not be envious of others." ~Ezra Taft Benson

"It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for if one is doomed to dissappointment, why experience it in advance?"
~ Elizabeth Peters

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strenth"
~ Corrie Ten Boom

Oops, I had a couple of words wrong, had to fix them