Babies are necessary to grown-ups. A new baby is like the beginning of all things -- wonder, hope, a dream read more

Babies are necessary to grown-ups. A new baby is like the beginning of all things -- wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities. In a world that is cutting down its trees to build highways, losing its earth to concrete... babies are almost the only remaining link with nature, with the natural world of living things from which we spring.

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but read more

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.

My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he read more

My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant.

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being read more

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it."

A two-year old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it.

A two-year old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it.

Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last

Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last

Why is it that people rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not read more

Why is it that people rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the people involved.

Those who say they "sleep like a baby" haven't got one.

Those who say they "sleep like a baby" haven't got one.