In giving birth to our babies, we may find that we give birth to new possibilities within ourselves. – Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn, Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting
The experience of birth is vast. It is a diverse tapestry woven by cultural customs, shaped in personal choices, affected by biological factors, marked by political circumstances. Yet the nature of birth itself prevails in elegant design of simple complexity. – Harriette Hartigan
From the latter weeks of October to Christmas-eve… is the period during which happiness is in season, which, in my judgment, enters the room with the tea-tray… – Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859), Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
For me growing up, Christmas time was always the most fantastic, exciting time of year, and youd stay up until three in the morning. Youd hear the parents wrapping in the other room but you knew that also, maybe, they were in collusion with Santa Claus. – Chris Pine
