Just because you become a mother, doesn't mean you stop being a woman.

My mom is cool and my mom will treat you right.

She will rise. With a spine of steel and a roar like thunder, she will rise.

Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.

They were women then My mama's generation Husky of voice Stout of step With fists as well as Hands How they battered down Doors And ironed Starched white Shirts How they led Armies Headragged Generals Across mined Fields Booby trapped

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.