#parenthood

A few days after we came home from the hospital, I sent a letter to a friend, including a photo of my son and some first impressions of fatherhood. He responded, simply, 'Everything is possible again.' It was the perfect thing to write because that was exactly how it felt. ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#family #fatherhood #love #motherhood #parenthood

The sound of her breathing reminded me, as it so often did, of how vulnerable she was. And how vulnerable we were because of how much we loved her. The fear - that something could happen to her at any moment, something I'd be helpless to stop - had become so omnipresent in my life that I sometimes pictured it growing, like a third arm, out of the center of my chest. ↗

— Dennis Lehane

#life

No one is ever quite ready; everyone is always caught off guard. Parenthood chooses you. And you open your eyes, look at what you've got, say "Oh, my gosh," and recognize that of all the balls there ever were, this is the one you should not drop. It's not a question of choice. ↗

— Marisa de los Santos

#father #mom #mother #parenthood #parenting

It's quite sad that so many children go through life unsure whether their parents love them or not. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#insecurity #love #parenthood #parents #life

Scratch a female inmate, I've discovered, and you'll usually find a girl whose mother had terrible taste in men. ↗

— Cammie McGovern

#prisons #men