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Quote of the week No. 29 : Affair of the heart
Fourteen degrees at 8:30am. Blue skies and a gentle breeze. After yesterday's fifth birthday celebrations (in which a horde of pint-sized pirates descended on Cannobio's Oratorio in search of treasure, chocolate cake and mischief), I walked back up the hill by starlight, hand-in-hand with my first-born at the precise anniversary of his birth. And I truly felt the resonance of this sentiment :Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.
Elizabeth Stone (1801-1883) English writer and historian.
Quote of the week No. 29 : Affair of the heart
Fourteen degrees at 8:30am. Blue skies and a gentle breeze. After yesterday's fifth birthday celebrations (in which a horde of pint-sized pirates descended on Cannobio's Oratorio in search of treasure, chocolate cake and mischief), I walked back up the hill by starlight, hand-in-hand with my first-born at the precise anniversary of his birth. And I truly felt the resonance of this sentiment :Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.
Elizabeth Stone (1801-1883) English writer and historian.
9 comments:
That quote is beautiful.
EXACTLY!
Those are my exact thoughts about being a mom. We are so vulnerable as parents.
I believe that is the most beautiful description of motherhood I've run across.
Wonderful quote. One for my little pocket book I am sure.
Speaking as an old mum and grandma - Those feelings don't change however old the child is - I am sure Louise knows all about that!!!
It is indeed. Happy Birthday to your little man.
♥ Joy
So beautiful and true!
What a wonderful thought.
Lovely thought. I wouldn't have expected it from a 19th century poet.
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