Diana

“I missed being a kid. I missed the momentum of childhood—that feeling like you were working toward something that mattered. Growing up, if nothing else. The comforting notion I used to carry that one day not far off, I’d have it all figured out.”
― Katherine Center, The Shippers

“All of these things were once new, and were purchased with the hope and optimism that they'd be put to their intended use. Maybe some of them where, but certainly many of them were not...It suddenly all seems unbearably sad.”
― Meg Mitchell Moore, Down with the Shipmans

“In her experience, there were two camps of people. Those who let fear shrink their world and those who could quiet, compartmentalize or block out the fear and keep doing what they love.”
― Sara Ackerman

“We think of childhood as a time for the child, ts length being considerably greater than the development time of all other mammals, and we conclude it is because the child needs a certain number of years for growth before adulthood. But maybe its length is meant for us too - a slow, drawn-out release of the reins, a letting go that lasts over a period of many years, a transferring of the relay baton, slowed down to imperceptible movements.”
― Ginny Yurich, Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future