Words to Live By: 8 Personal Mantras for Moms

Photo by: Early Mama

You May House Their Bodies but Not Their Souls This line pops into my head more often than I could count. From the poem "The Prophet," it's a reminder that, even as babies, these children have their own minds, their own personalities, and their own souls. "They come through you but not from you," the poem says. For someone who already knows she'll have a hard time letting go one day, I've adopted this poem as a personal mantra.

Photo by: Early Mama

You May House Their Bodies but Not Their Souls This line pops into my head more often than I could count. From the poem "The Prophet," it's a reminder that, even as babies, these children have their own minds, their own personalities, and their own souls. "They come through you but not from you," the poem says. For someone who already knows she'll have a hard time letting go one day, I've adopted this poem as a personal mantra.