Christine

“All the forces on this planet, will never beat that of a mother's love.”
― Elle Smith, The Way Back Home

“Help your father
As he ages
And loses his strength
For it was he who sheltered you
And protected you from the storms

KhoiSan Book of Wisdom”
― rassool jibraeel snyman

“We mothers have a wonderfully precious and truly powerful role to play in the future self-images of our daughters. The truth is, the most effective way to inculcate in our daughters a fighting chance at life-long self-love and empowerment is not in the books we read to them, or the workshops we send them to, or the media we do or do not expose them to, or even the things we tell them, rather it is in the reflection of self-love and empowerment they see in us, their mothers. The model of our own empowerment gives our daughters permission to be powerful. Of course, culture and societal norms mold our view of ourselves as women, but the beliefs and behaviors of our mothers are far more influential.”
― Melia Keeton-Digby, The Heroines Club: A Mother-Daughter Empowerment Circle

“blessed be
she
who is
both
furious
and
magnificent”
― Taylor Rhodes, calloused: a field journal