“...if I were an angel of the Lord, I would mark the doors of each of my children's homes with an X, so that plague and misfortune would pass over them. Alas, I lack the qualifications. So when there was still world and time enough I fretted. I nagged. I corrected. I got everything wrong.” MotherhoodFatherhoodFrettingConcern For OthersWorry QuotesMaternal LovePaternalismFretPaternal LoveMaternalismBabies Kids Children GivingupPaternal ProtectionProtect My Sleeping Babes Book:Barney's Version Source: Barney's Version