“A wicked child is the most beautiful thing in the world.”
Source: Nothing to See Here
“All children are amazing artists. It’s the grown ups you have to worry about.”
Source: Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
“These are the things they don't tell you about motherhood. How after a lifetime of struggling to love yourself it will be an absolute miracle to love these babies so wholly and unconditionally, sure. But also how they will love themselves the same way, at least at first, and in that maybe you will find a level of healing that all the therapy and self-help in the world couldn't get you to because you will realize at some point you must have loved yourself the very same way. Or how seeing the way they are so comfortable in their own skin, the way they strut around so confident in the fact that they are the masterpiece we too believe them to be, will make all the wok we've done trying to suck it all in or hide it or simply avoid looking at it in the mirror seem kind of silly. Because of course it is. It's against everything we were born knowing.”
Source: The Price of Admission: Embracing a Life of Grief and Joy
“Get teachers who would do anything to keep schools safe even if they come dear because children are dearer.”
Source: Wanted Back-Bencher and Last-Ranker Teacher
“Some act till they meet obstacles, others act in spite of obstacles and conquer them; but some act not, fearing the possibility of some obstacles that might arise enroute.”
Source: Inward Journey
“Like a loving parent who watches their child learning to walk, the Divine is the ultimate parent letting us experiment, fall down, hurt ourselves, cry, get back up, and try again. God allows us to learn even when it may hurt, yet we are never abandoned.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“One of the first things a father must learn once his child is old enough to speak is exactly how to lie to it, both with bromides and more vulpine techniques.”
Source: In Limbo
“I regarded these requests as the fruits of a life well lived: our grown children actually wanted to be with us.”
Source: Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose
“Christmas was always the worst… What’s the point of Christmas without any kids to share it with?”
Source: The Adoption
“When you have kids, you're responsible for their mistakes. Their mistakes, their heartaches, their happiness... you take everything on yourself!”
Source: The Adoption