“That's what just hit me: How you really can't have everything. You have to give up the old to get the new. You can't be the child and the mom at the same time. You can't be your young self and your old self at the same time. You can't know what you know now and feel the way you did then. You can't, you can't, you can't.” KnowsWayGivingFeelsChildrenSelfYoungMomGiving UpOld SelfNew You Author:Katherine Center
“And despite everything I know now, I still believe, as I did when I was little, that there is an entire universe of things that my mother knows that I don't. I still believe that nothing truly bad can ever happen if my mother is around. I know it's not true. But still. It is true.” IfsKnowsBelieveLittlesStillsHappensMotherUniverseDespiteI Still Believe Author:Katherine Center
“I guess that's the upside of not being young anymore... You know from experience that the struggle always leads, in some way, to something better.” KnowsWayYoungStruggleSomething BetterLead In Author:Katherine Center
“There on the sofa, as I nursed Maxie and her eyes slid closed, I said to the girls, 'I think nursing is where kisses come from.' I had been thinking about it. Nursing had to be the place where nurturing and sweet milk and soft skin and mouths and warmth all came together and started to mean something about love. I had always assumed kissing was a learned thing, like waving bye-bye or speaking a language. But since Maxie, I'd decided that it was innate, the adult version of something we know to do from the moment we're born. All of it tied together in the cycle of life.” ThinkingKnowsMeanSaidMomentsEyeTogetherGirlLanguageBornSweetKissingMouthsAdultsDecidedSkinsVersionsCyclesWarmthMilkNurseTiedHer EyesInnateNursingNurturingByeSofasCycle Of LifeBye Bye Author:Katherine Center
