It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.

Elizabeth Edwards

Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.

Gloria Naylor

The task of a parent: to acclimatise the child to the true (often horrific) nature of reality without it giving up hope or the will to live.

Alain de Botton

Love yourself and extend the love to others.

Lailah Gifty Akita

There is no way out of the experience except through it, because it is not really your experience at all but the baby's. Your body is the child's instrument of birth.

Penelope Leach

The more things we can laugh about, the more alive we become: The more things we can laugh about together, the more connected we become.

Frank Pittman