Mindy

“This is a new, bittersweet milestone of motherhood. They have gotten bigger, as have their problems. But they have also grown wiser, and that is a miracle because wisdom is not a thing you can acquire for your children. As I rise from the table, it occurs to me that part of what I feel, watching them, is a sense of betrayal. I carried these children into the world, paid their entrance fee with dues rendered upon my own body, and now they no longer need me.”
― Ariel Lawhon, The Frozen River

“It is in the times of greatest danger that we must summon our greatest courage.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau

“In all of us, there is a child that exists while we have our parents.”
― j l witterrick

“One thing I've learned through this is that family is incredibly precious. Other things may change us, but we start and end life with our family, whether it's the one we're born with or one of our own making. It means that you love and are loved, whoever you are. And you know you're not on your own.
From the book The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan
(not the Jennifer Ryan comes up in the picture as the author of this book)”
― Jennifer Ryan