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 childbirth class neglected to teach you a critical skill. How to swear, breathe and count all at the same time. – Linda Fiterman, From Colic to College: Chuckling Your Way Through Parenthood
It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. – C. S. Lewis
