Let us a little permit Nature to take her own way; she better understands her own Affairs than we. – Michel de Montaigne, “Of Experience,” translated from French by Charles Cotton
Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first time I ever knew real fear was the day Charlotte, my first child, was born. Suddenly there is someone in the world you care about more than anything. – Harlan Coben