The truth is, I need to experience my mother's presence in the world around me and not just in my head.
Meghan O'Rourke
When my mother was sick, I found myself needing to put down in my journals all sorts of things - to try to understand them, and, I think, to try to... →
Each child is biologically required to have a mother. Fatherhood is a well-regarded theory, but motherhood is a fact.
P. J. O'Rourke
Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an... →
Ann Oakley
Among many of my friends and acquaintances, I seem to be one of the very few individuals who felt or feels no ambivalence about my mother. All my... →
Joyce Carol Oates
When my brother called to inform me, on the morning of May 22, 2003, that our mother Caroline Oates had died suddenly of a stroke, it was a shock... →
A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship - and you know what, a father does, too. It's... →
Barack Obama
My mother's love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her... →
Michelle Obama
And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home... →
When I get up and work out, I'm working out just as much for my girls as I am for me, because I want them to see a mother who loves them dearly... →