{"id":2270,"date":"2017-05-26T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/?p=2270"},"modified":"2017-05-19T16:31:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T20:31:43","slug":"americas-first-mommies-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/2017\/05\/americas-first-mommies-2.html","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s First Mommies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whenever I held my newborn baby in my arms, I used to think that what I said and did to him could have an influence not only on him but on all whom he met, not only for a day or a month or a year, but for all eternity \u2014 a very challenging and exciting thought for a mother.
\n– Rose Kennedy<\/p>\n

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Sometimes when I look at all my children, I say to myself, ‘Lillian, you should have stayed a virgin.'”
\n-Lillian Carter<\/p>\n

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I think a lot of our problems are because people don’t listen to our children. It’s not always easy. They’re not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them.
\n– Barbara Bush<\/p>\n

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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
\n– George Washington<\/p>\n

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All that I am, my mother made me.
\n– John Quincy Adams<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness. The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way.
\n– Andrew Jackson, U.S. President<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The greatest lessons I have every learned were at my mother\u2019s knees\u2026 All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
\n– Abraham Lincoln<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right.\u00a0She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones.
\n– Harry Truman<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.
\n– John Fitzgerald Kennedy<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nDonna Henes is the author of The Queen of My Self: Stepping into Sovereignty in Midlife<\/em>.<\/a> She offers counseling and upbeat, practical and ceremonial guidance for individual women and groups who want to enjoy the fruits of an enriching, influential, purposeful, passionate, and powerful maturity. Consult the MIDLIFE MIDWIFE\u2122<\/a><\/p>\n

The Queen welcomes questions concerning all issues of interest to women in their mature years. Send your inquiries to thequeenofmyself@aol.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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