I Think Of Myself As A Realistic

The Portrait Of My Parents Is A Complicated One, But Lovingly Drawn.

The Word No, Carries A Lot More Meaning When Spoken By A Parent Who Also Knows How To Say Yes.

I Continued To Protect Him With My Silence.

Before I Had Children I Always Wondered Whether Their Births Would Be, For Me, Like The Ultimate In Gym Class Failures. And I Discovered Instead... That I'd Finally Found My Sport.

[on Home Births:] In A House Where There Had Been Three People, There Were Now Four, Although No One Had Come In The Door.