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Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.
Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.
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 babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for read more
A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men
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.
Families with babies and families without are so sorry for each other.
Families with babies and families without are so sorry for each other.
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.
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.
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.
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.