In a Nutshell - 20: Pearls of Parenting Wisdom and Humor

• So the child learns life within human arms. It learns to eat…to laugh, to play, to listen, to watch, to dance, to feel frightened or relaxed, in human arms. (Margaret Mead)
• These mundane days, these special days, these re-bonding days are essential in the lives of families, couples, friends. They form the basis of why we are together, why we live and learn together, why we depend upon each other for solace and support. (Saralee Sky)
• A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. (Ogden Nash)
• The ritual of marriage is not simply a social event; it is a crossing of threads in the fabric of fate. Many strands bring the couple and their families together and spin their lives into a fabric that is woven on their children. (Author Unknown)
• A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase. (Author Unknown)
• Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to. (J.R.R. Tolkien)
• There is power that comes to women when they give birth. They don’t ask for it, it simply invades them. Accumulates like clouds on the horizon and passes through, carrying the child with it. (Sheryl Feldman)
• Our grandchildren accept us for ourselves, without rebuke or effort to change us. (Ruth Goode)
• We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in every cell of our bodies. (Shirley Abbott)