Being a mom is an unpredictable roller coaster of events and emotions. It is the most challenging, joyful, exhausting, rewarding, and life-changing job you can possibly have. In one day, we can go from locking ourselves in a bathroom to get a moment to ourselves, to staying up late holding your baby just because you don’t want to put him down.

As a mom, we do the impossible. We get pooped on. We get yogurt speared on our pant legs and don’t even notice. We deal with melt downs in the middle of the grocery store. We make meals, fold laundry, sing the ABCs, pick Cheerios off the floor, and change diapers all day long. We forget to take time for ourselves. We wear leggings every day. We live on 6 hours (or less) of sleep per night…WE ARE SUPERHEROES!

But just because mom’s do all of this, doesn’t mean it’s easy. And sometimes we need a pick me up to remember how important you actually are and the influence that we have on our children. So here are a few quotes that touched my heart that will hopefully remind you how special you are and how important your work as a mom is.

“Successful mothers are not the ones who have never struggled. They are the ones that never give up, despite the struggles.” – Sharon Jaynes

“Believe in the child.” – Maria Montessori

“When little people are overwhelmed by big emotions, it’s our job to share our calm, not join the chaos.”  – J. R. Knost

“I never know what to say when people ask me what my hobbies are. I MEAN,  I’M A MOM. I enjoy trips to the bathroom alone and silence.” – wellnessmomlife.com

“Never do for a child what he can do for himself. A ‘dependent’ child is a demanding child…Children become irresponsible only when we fail to give them opportunities to take on responsibility.” – Rudolf Dreikurs & Margaret Goldman

“As a mother I want to be humble enough to realize I haven’t mastered it all, brave enough to keep trying, and thankful enough to see the grace in it all.” – www.ichoosebrave.com

“There is no such thing as a perfect parent. So just be a real one.” – Sue Atkins

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Speak to your children as if they were wisest, kindest, most beautiful and magical humans on earth, for what they believe is what they will become.” – Brooke Hampton

“Raise your words not your voice. It’s rain that grows flowers not thunder.” – Rumi

“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.” – Alexander Den Heijer

“Boundaries are one of the most highest forms of love.” – Janet Lansbury