domestic reflections: Happy Mama's Day!!

Happy Mama's Day!!

May 12, 2012

Over the past year or so, I've been collecting some photos of mothers and their children on Pinterest. Really, what is more beautiful (or more human)? In looking them over this morning, I realized I save lots of photos of moms nursing their babies....I guess they are sort of the modern day Madonna and Child to me. :)

Here are some of my favorites. (By the way, I didn't include any from The Glow because, well, they are all SO perfect and it felt a little like cheating.)

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(via: this one is so juju and me in about 3 years :) )

Happy Mother's Day!!!

(last year's collection of mama photos, in case you're interested....)

7 comments:

torrieMay 12, 2012 at 10:50 AM
beautiful... just as was your mother's day post from last year.

happy mama's day to one of my favorite mama's around these parts!!
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joraMay 12, 2012 at 11:17 AM
awww...thanks, torrie. you're one of my favorite moms out there too. have a GREAT weekend! xoxo
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Victoria | Hibiscus BloemMay 12, 2012 at 12:00 PM
Beautiful photographs.
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BridgetMay 14, 2012 at 9:57 AM
love these jora. I always notice your gorgeous mom & kid pins.
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mollyMay 15, 2012 at 7:07 PM
oh Jora, those pictures capture so many emotions. You always inspire. You radiate goodness lady and I'm lucky to know you, if only through the internet ;)
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amyMay 15, 2012 at 8:09 PM
oh no... i suddenly want a baby...
beautiful images...
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ColleenMay 24, 2012 at 2:42 PM
I love your mamas and babies pins. happy belated mother's day!
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- rumi

"do small things with great love."
- mother teresa

"remember this, that very little is needed to make a happy life."
- marcus aurelius

"we do not see things as they are. we see things as we are."
- anais nin

"we can love completely without complete understanding."
-a river runs through it

"the ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest."
-thomas moore

"i have decided to stick with love. hate is too great a burden to bear."
-martin luther king, jr.

"your children are not your children,
they are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself.
they come through you but are not from you,
and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
you may give them your love but not your thoughts,
for they have their own thoughts.
you may house their bodies but not their souls,
for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
you may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
for life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday."
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- leonard cohen

"the good mother is a great artist ever creating beauty out of chaos."
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-david viscott

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