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Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.
Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.
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.
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."
No animal is so inexhaustable as an excited infant.
No animal is so inexhaustable as an excited infant.
Families with babies and families without are so sorry for each other.
Families with babies and families without are so sorry for each other.
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.
A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy - the smile that accepts a lover before words are read more
A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy - the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.
My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that read more
My obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It was like having a dog on a leash.
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