Summersdale Publishers - Mum in a Million: the Perfect Gift to Give to Your Mum

MUM IN A MILLION This edition copyright Summersdale Publishers Ltd, 2019
First edition published as Bestest Mum Ever in 2011
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A MOTHER UNDERSTANDS WHAT A CHILD DOES NOT SAY. - JEWISH PROVERB - ANY MOTHER COULD PERFORM THE JOBS OF SEVERAL AIR-TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WITH EASE. - LISA ALTHER THINGS THAT MUMS CAN DO WITH ONE HAND TIED BEHIND THEIR BACK: Organise the week ahead for the entire family pets included! Hang out a load of washing while ironing the last batch Bake culinary treats for any occasion Get the old family photo albums out and open to the baby pictures before your visitors have even sat down A MOTHER IS ONE TO WHOM YOU HURRY WHEN YOU ARE TROUBLED . - EMILY DICKINSON MY MOTHER IS A WALKING MIRACLE. - LEONARDO DICAPRIO WE HAVE CHARTS, MAPS AND LISTS ON THE FRIDGE, ALL OVER THE HOUSE. - KATE WINSLET THERE IS NO WAY TO BE A PERFECT MOTHER, AND A MILLION WAYS TO BE A GOOD ONE. - JILL CHURCHILL My mother taught me that there are more valuable ways to achieve beauty than just through your external features. - LUPITA NYONGO I THINK YOU ARE PRETTY MUCH PERFECT, IN EVERY WAY! A MOTHERS HEART IS A PATCHWORK OF LOVE . - ANONYMOUS THE ART OF MOTHERING IS TO TEACH THE ART OF LIVING TO CHILDREN. - ELAINE HEFFNER If men had babies, they would only have one each. - DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES - I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR ME. - DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES - I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR ME.

WHERE THERE IS A MOTHER IN THE HOME, MATTERS GO WELL. - AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT THE NATURAL STATE OF MOTHERHOOD IS UNSELFISHNESS. - JESSICA LANGE - IF LOVE IS SWEET AS A FLOWER, THEN MY MOTHER IS THAT SWEET FLOWER OF LOVE. - STEVIE WONDER - YOU KNOW YOURE A MUM WHEN you can rustle up a feast from leftovers in the fridge you realise you now sound like your own mother you always look slightly dishevelled while your child looks immaculate you can carry five bags of shopping, your child and your childs bike home without getting out of breath! WHEN A CHILD NEEDS A MOTHER TO TALK TO, NOBODY ELSE BUT A MOTHER WILL DO. - ERICA JONG NOTHING WILL EVER MAKE YOU AS HAPPY OR AS SAD, AS PROUD OR AS TIRED . - ELIA PARSONS ON BEING A MUM YOU ALWAYS FORGIVE ME.

ALL MOTHERLY LOVE IS REALLY WITHOUT REASON AND LOGIC. - JOAN CHEN For most exhausted mums, their idea of working out is a good, energetic lie-down. - KATHY LETTE BEAUTIFUL AS WAS MAMMAS FACE, IT BECAME INCOMPARABLY MORE LOVELY WHEN SHE SMILED, AND SEEMED TO ENLIVEN EVERYTHING ABOUT HER. - LEO TOLSTOY THERE IS NO RECIPROCITY. MEN LOVE WOMEN, WOMEN LOVE CHILDREN, CHILDREN LOVE HAMSTERS. - ALICE THOMAS ELLIS YOU ARE THE GLUE THAT HOLDS US ALL TOGETHER.

MY MOTHER MADE A BRILLIANT IMPRESSION UPON MY CHILDHOOD LIFE. SHE SHONE FOR ME LIKE THE EVENING STAR. - WINSTON CHURCHILL There is no velvet so soft as a mothers lap, no rose so lovely as her smile, no path so flowery as that imprinted with her footsteps. - EDWARD THOMSON - YOU INSPIRE ME TO BE THE BEST I CAN BE. MAKING THE DECISION TO HAVE A CHILD IS TO DECIDE FOREVER TO HAVE YOUR HEART GO WALKING AROUND OUTSIDE YOUR BODY. - IMMANUEL KANT - WHEN YOU ARE A MOTHER, YOU ARE NEVER REALLY ALONE IN YOUR THOUGHTS. - SOPHIA LOREN YOU ALWAYS SUPPORT ME. - SOPHIA LOREN YOU ALWAYS SUPPORT ME.

TO DESCRIBE MY MOTHER WOULD BE TO WRITE ABOUT A HURRICANE IN ITS PERFECT POWER . - MAYA ANGELOU A MOTHERS ARMS ARE MADE OF TENDERNESS AND CHILDREN SLEEP SOUNDLY IN THEM. - VICTOR HUGO THINGS THAT MAKE MUMS CRY: First burp, first word, first steps first anything, really! Getting breakfast in bed on Mothers Day who cares if the toast is cold?! When someone else does the dishes for a change Seeing their teenager all dressed up for the school prom amazing what a bit of soap and water can do, isnt it?! Weddings it doesnt matter whos getting married! A mothers love perceives no impossibilities. - CORNELIA PADDOCK SWEATER, N.: GARMENT WORN BY CHILD WHEN ITS MOTHER IS FEELING CHILLY. - AMBROSE BIERCE YOU LIGHT UP EVERY ROOM YOU WALK INTO. - J. M. M.

BARRIE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MY MOTHER WAS THE MOST SPLENDID WOMAN I EVER KNEW. - CHARLIE CHAPLIN Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother. - ANN TAYLOR - SHE WOULD HAVE DESPISED THE MODERN IDEA OF WOMEN BEING EQUAL TO MEN. EQUAL, INDEED! SHE KNEW THEY WERE SUPERIOR. - ELIZABETH GASKELL - THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME THAT I CAN BE BOTH STRONG AND GENTLE. - KATHARINE WHITEHORN - MOTHERS LOVE IS BLISS, IS PEACE. - KATHARINE WHITEHORN - MOTHERS LOVE IS BLISS, IS PEACE.

IT NEED NOT BE ACQUIRED, IT NEED NOT BE DESERVED. - ERICH FROMM MY MOTHER HAD A GOOD DEAL OF TROUBLE WITH ME, BUT I THINK SHE ENJOYED IT. - MARK TWAIN I WOULDNT SWAP YOU FOR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD. I CANNOT TELL HOW MUCH I OWE TO THE SOLEMN WORDS OF MY GOOD MOTHER. - CHARLES SPURGEON Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like. - HENRY WARD BEECHER THINGS THAT ONLY A MUM CAN TEACH: Religion Youd better pray that comes out in the wash Medical science Dont cut off your nose to spite your face Logic Because I said so Mathematics Im going to give you until the count of three: one two Probability Youre going to be late for school if you dont leave now Recycling Ill have your guts for garters if you dont behave! Performance art I feel like Im talking to a brick wall WHAT DO GIRLS DO WHO HAVENT ANY MOTHERS TO HELP THEM THROUGH THEIR TROUBLES? - LOUISA MAY ALCOTT A MOTHER HOLDS HER CHILDS HANDS FOR A WHILE, BUT HOLDS THEIR HEART FOREVER. - ANONYMOUS A MOTHERS HUG IS LIKE A WARM CUP OF TEA ON A RAINY DAY. - ANONYMOUS A MOTHERS HUG IS LIKE A WARM CUP OF TEA ON A RAINY DAY.

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother. - OPRAH WINFREY - AS A MUM, I ALWAYS FEEL I HAVE TO PROTECT THEM. - JAMI GERTZ ON HER CHILDREN - THE PATIENCE OF A MOTHER MIGHT BE LIKENED TO A TUBE OF TOOTHPASTE ITS NEVER QUITE ALL GONE. - ANONYMOUS - TO THE WORLD, YOU ARE A MOTHER; TO YOUR FAMILY, YOU ARE THE WORLD. NO ONE BUT A WOMAN KNOWS HOW TO SAY THINGS THAT ARE AT ONCE GENTLE AND DEEP. SHE WAS... SHE WAS...

HATED AT TEA PARTIES, FEARED IN SHOPS, AND LOVED AT CRISES . - THOMAS HARDY NO INFLUENCE IS SO POWERFUL AS THAT OF THE MOTHER. - SARAH JOSEPHA HALE My mothers great She could stop you from doing anything, through a closed door even, with a single look. - WHOOPI GOLDBERG YOU ALWAYS LIFT MY SPIRITS. YOUTH FADES; LOVE DROOPS; THE LEAVES OF FRIENDSHIP FALL; A MOTHERS SECRET HOPE OUTLIVES THEM ALL. - AUGUST BIER A mothers arms are more comforting than anyone elses. - DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES - SECRET SKILLS THAT ONLY MUMS KNOW: How to speak Baby How to get everyone washed, dressed and out of the house before 9 a.m. - DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES - SECRET SKILLS THAT ONLY MUMS KNOW: How to speak Baby How to get everyone washed, dressed and out of the house before 9 a.m.