Jessica Urlichs > Quotes

“There’s a life in the future and it’s coming for us every day. So let’s get swept up in the beautiful chaos in front of us. Let’s make the future wait a little longer. Because I love this life with you so much, this one right now.”
― Jessica Urlichs

“I want to tell you everything I know,
carry you and guide you.
Yet somehow,
as your tiny finger points to things in wonder
and your eyes meet mine,
the paradigm shifts.
I once thought I was to show you the world,
when all along you came to show me.”
― Jessica Urlichs, From One Mom to a Mother: Poetry & Momisms

“You’ll smile because I’m teaching you things about yourself you didn’t
know, and I’ll smile because you’ve been doing that to me for years.”
― Jessica Urlichs, My After All: Poetry & Prose for Mothers

“You'll always be my baby,
just heavier to hold”
― Jessica Urlichs, My After All: Poetry & Prose for Mothers

“For I was your sun, the only warmth you needed before you saw a sunrise with your own eyes.
I was your star, before they dusted across your gaze with possibility and wonder.
I was your moon, your only pull, before you noticed the comforting light in the nights blanket.
I was your universe for such a short while, until you saw there was so much more.
But I will always be the earth, your roots grew here.
And you will always be my world.”
― Jessica Urlichs, From One Mom to a Mother: Poetry & Momisms

“So thank you for this privilege Of watching you grow You’re a wonderful little soul That I’m so proud to know”
― Jessica Urlichs, They Bloom Because of You: Poems on the Infinite Love, Growth, and Magic of Motherhood

“This is the hardest, yet most rewarding job in the world.
You are not just a person.
You’re a place.
You are someone’s home.
You are a mother”
― Jessica Urlichs, My After All: Poetry & Prose for Mothers

“Brain is scattered, mismatched like socks On your worst day You are still someone’s rock.”
― Jessica Urlichs, They Bloom Because of You: Poems on the Infinite Love, Growth, and Magic of Motherhood

“Love is a silent language that speaks in volumes”
― Jessica Urlichs, From One Mom to a Mother: Poetry & Momisms

“You must have known I loved you Before you came to be. By some divine miracle You found your way to me. You must have felt my love for you Before you could even feel. You must have heard my call for you Before you were even real. And now we lie together A new familiar gaze. I promise that I’ll never Be the first to look away. I’ve loved you for the longest time Much longer than it seems. Before we even met Because I loved you in my dreams.”
― Jessica Urlichs, They Bloom Because of You: Poems on the Infinite Love, Growth, and Magic of Motherhood

“They forget that we roared so they could take their first breath, made milk from our blood then they question our strength- We'll Come Out With Wings”
― Jessica Urlichs

“You were once a part of me Your blood, your bones, your fears. So, wrap your arms around yourself Let our hearts whisper our song A mother’s love is everywhere So you’ll always take me along.”
― Jessica Urlichs, They Bloom Because of You: Poems on the Infinite Love, Growth, and Magic of Motherhood

“Silence on the outside, sirens on the inside - The Mental Load”
― Jessica Urlichs, They Bloom Because of You: Poems on the Infinite Love, Growth, and Magic of Motherhood

“Motherhood isn't a typical love story, it's the raw unedited version with all the outtakes, which is what makes it the most beautiful love story of all”
― Jessica Urlichs, From One Mom to a Mother: Poetry & Momisms

“There are many of us awake, it’s 2 a.m. and your baby is sleeping. A moment you
won’t miss, and yet you will. A memory of when all it took
was you, your smell, your presence, your touch. And suddenly, such a small hour takes up the biggest
space in your heart.”
― Jessica Urlichs, They Bloom Because of You: Poems on the Infinite Love, Growth, and Magic of Motherhood

“You are not ‘just’ anything
Not just a woman
Or just a friend
A wife
A partner
Or just a mother
You are a universe
Made up of waves that brought life
Stars that hold dreams
Landscapes of home
Rocks that will crumble but will always remain
The winds gentle sway, and strongest roar
You are someone’s ‘all’
And ‘all’ is not lost
You are a mother
But never, just”
― Jessica Urlichs, All I See Is You: Poems and Proses on Motherhood

“When I entered motherhood I walked through a little door, 'This Is Motherhood' it read.
Everyone sat there in stripey tops
Exchanging pleasantries.
Things scattered all over the floor
Bags over flowing
Nervous smiles
Connected by motherhood
Disconnected by unspoken truths
Then someone said, "I love being a Mum,
but this is also really hard".
Then suddenly I didn't feel alone anymore.”
― Jessica Urlichs, From One Mom to a Mother: Poetry & Momisms

“Borrowed Time There’s an arm of light that reaches in and splits the room in two. We’re on borrowed time, my love, here, just me and you. There’s a rocking chair, your sleepy breath, and little kicking feet. Borrowed time, my love, a place the two of us will meet. There’s a hanging moon, heavy with hope, A crib rail etched with scars. It’s fate I get to know your skin, under these tired stars. There’s a tiny hand tracing my face, a clock ticking away. If our moments were a story I would bookmark every page. Tender nights, I’ll think of you, back when you were mine. For we’re on borrowed time, my love, We’re on borrowed time.”
― Jessica Urlichs, They Bloom Because of You: Poems on the Infinite Love, Growth, and Magic of Motherhood

“How do you explain that those months of growing
them, would be the beginning of them growing you. How you can be born again, still you and someone new.”
― Jessica Urlichs, They Bloom Because of You: Poems on the Infinite Love, Growth, and Magic of Motherhood

“We got tricked along the way. But my children remind me of the irony, of how we believe that life can only be enjoyed when it’s all done.”
― Jessica Urlichs, They Bloom Because of You: Poems on the Infinite Love, Growth, and Magic of Motherhood

“A mother’s love is not invisible.
It doesn’t boast or take, it only offers.”
― Jessica Urlichs, My After All: Poetry & Prose for Mothers

“If she tells you this is incredible, the best thing
she’s ever done, believe her. If she tells you this is hard, the hardest thing
she’s ever done, believe her.”
― Jessica Urlichs, They Bloom Because of You: Poems on the Infinite Love, Growth, and Magic of Motherhood

“When the weight of being someone’s everything is as heavy as it is light.”
― Jessica Urlichs, My After All: Poetry & Prose for Mothers

“A mother’s love is not invisible.
It doesn’t boast or take, it only offers.
Everything you do, they see.
And everything you do, is seen through them.”
― Jessica Urlichs, My After All: Poetry & Prose for Mothers

“I’ll always remember you this little. But I can’t wait to watch you grow.”
― Jessica Urlichs, My After All: Poetry & Prose for Mothers

“I’d tell her that she is moving mountains, even when she loses her footing.
Especially, when she loses her footing.”
― Jessica Urlichs, From One Mom to a Mother: Poetry & Momisms

“how do you explain about knowing love but not like this, how it runs through your veins. How with each inhale you’ll consume it forever from this moment forward. That your new home is wherever they are, and theirs is simply you.”
― Jessica Urlichs, They Bloom Because of You: Poems on the Infinite Love, Growth, and Magic of Motherhood

“Not a new Mum”
― Jessica Urlichs, My After All: Poetry & Prose for Mothers

“I tell him he has my heart, always. Even when it departs this place. I tell him in every universe I will always see his face. There’s a version of us in every life and all the versions you’ll be even when I’m at one with the wind, the shining stars, and the sea. I whisper, “In every life of mine you will always be with me.”
― Jessica Urlichs, They Bloom Because of You: Poems on the Infinite Love, Growth, and Magic of Motherhood