Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.

Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.

Babies are necessary to grown-ups. A new baby is like the beginning of all things -- wonder, hope, a dream read more

Babies are necessary to grown-ups. A new baby is like the beginning of all things -- wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities. In a world that is cutting down its trees to build highways, losing its earth to concrete... babies are almost the only remaining link with nature, with the natural world of living things from which we spring.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy - the smile that accepts a lover before words are read more

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy - the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.

Families with babies and families without are so sorry for each other.

Families with babies and families without are so sorry for each other.

A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but read more

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.

A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and read more

A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for

Those who say they "sleep like a baby" haven't got one.

Those who say they "sleep like a baby" haven't got one.

My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he read more

My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant.