The Happy Accidents Quotes

“Kids are born with a personality. Our job as parents is to nurture it and guide it, not to change it.”
― Jamie Beck, The Happy Accidents

“Just because the change isn’t immediately obvious doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.”
― Jamie Beck, The Happy Accidents

“Never one to be still, I’m amazed that I’ve lain around for hours at a time these past days, memorizing every detail—every little scent and sound—of this minuscule creature in my arms. Now I get the gooey-eyed stares of mothers and fathers. And I also know, deep in my soul, that regardless of the mistakes I think my own parents made when I was young, they love me like this.”
― Jamie Beck, The Happy Accidents

“So often the right thing is the hardest of all things to do. This goodbye is our last, and that finality feels as crushing as death itself.”
― Jamie Beck, The Happy Accidents

“It proves there’s no perfect mother or ideal way to parent. It’s fluid—you work it out as you go, doing your best to make decisions that don’t hurt anyone.”
― Jamie Beck, The Happy Accidents

“Instead I was stubborn and cocksure, determined to live unconventionally. I’ll live with that regret like everyone else lives with their mistakes.”
― Jamie Beck, The Happy Accidents

“But even so, my kid might still grow up like me, resenting me for the things I’m not good at. All the ways I’m not who they think I should be, or the emotional wounds I might unintentionally cause.”
― Jamie Beck, The Happy Accidents

“I judge a mother on whether her children grow up relatively happy and well adjusted, not on how they got there. We all have flaws and insecurities, but you and your sister are bright, capable women who chase your dreams, so my sister must’ve done some things right, even if that was hiring the right sort of help to give you what she could not.” “She”
― Jamie Beck, The Happy Accidents

“Gratitude is a daily practice, like meditation and yoga. It’s an intention, but it doesn’t mean I’ve had no sorrow, no loneliness, no regrets.”
― Jamie Beck, The Happy Accidents

“Worst-case? Nine months of hell, massive pain, and then the rest of my life taken over by a person who will grow up and leave me . . . maybe even resent me. Ha!”
― Jamie Beck, The Happy Accidents

“Stop worrying about what other people think about you. What do you think about yourself? Who do you know yourself to be? What are you capable of, and how can that shape a future that will make you happy?”
― Jamie Beck, The Happy Accidents