Waiting for Birdy Quotes

“One of the hardest things about parenting is that you just never know what the outcome will be. It’s a total leap of faith. Even with decisions you feel fairly confident about (say, what to make for lunch), you just can’t be sure of the consequences they’ll have for this person you’re raising. Will you like the adult this kid—your kid—becomes?”
― Catherine Newman, Waiting for Birdy: A Year of Frantic Tedium, Improbable Grace, and the Wild Magic of Growing a Family

“I really need a break from myself. A little vacation on the soothing shores of somebody else’s mind.”
― Catherine Newman, Waiting for Birdy: A Year of Frantic Tedium, Improbable Grace, and the Wild Magic of Growing a Family

“Sometimes I suspect that everybody sleeps with their kids, and the only difference is the level of denial you’re in.”
― Catherine Newman, Waiting for Birdy: A Year of Frantic Tedium, Improbable Grace, and the Wild Magic of Growing a Family