Of all the riddles of a married life, said my father ... there is not one that has more intricacies in it than this--that from the... very moment the mistress of the house is brought to [child]bed, every female in it ... becomes an inch taller for it.... I think rather, replied my uncle Toby, that 'tis we who sink an inch lower.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Whenever I hear about a child needing something, I ask myself, 'Is it what he needs or what he wants?' It isn't always easy to dis...tinguish between the two. A child has many real needs which can and should be satisfied. His wants are a bottomless pit. He wants, for example, to sleep with his parents. He needs to be in his own bed. At Christmas he wants every toy advertised on television. He needs only one or two.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In correct theology, the Virgin ought not to be represented in bed, for she could not suffer like ordinary women, but her palace a...t Chartres is not much troubled by theology, and to her, as empress-mother, the pain of child-birth was a pleasure which she wanted her people to share.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go ...to bed; he who fears corruption fears life.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Mrs. Hall, of Sherborne, was brought to bed yesterday of a dead child, some weeks before she was expected, owing to a... fright. I suppose that she happened unawares to look at her husband.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When, as a child, I first opened my eyes on a Sunday-morning, a feeling of dismal anicipation, which began at least on the Friday,... culminated. I knew what was before me, and my wish, if not my word, was "Would God it were evening!" It was no day of rest, but a day of texts, of catechisms (Watts'), of tracts about converted swearers, godly charwomen, and edifying deaths of sinners saved.... There was but one rosy spot, in the distance, all that day: and that was "bed-time," which never could come too early!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The greatest part of each day, each year, each lifetime is made up of small, seemingly insignificant moments. Those moments may be... cooking dinner...relaxing on the porch with your own thoughts after the kids are in bed, playing catch with a child before dinner, speaking out against a distasteful joke, driving to the recycling center with a week's newspapers. But they are not insignificant, especially when these moments are models for kids.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Mothers often are too easily intimidated by their children's negative reactions...When the child cries or is unhappy, the mother r...eads this as meaning that she is a failure. This is why it is so important for a mother to know...that the process of growing up involves by definition things that her child is not going to like. Her job is not to create a bed of roses, but to help him learn how to pick his way through the thorns.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
and the oxen near The worn foundations of their resting-place,... The holy manger where their bed is corn And holly torn for Christmas. If they die, As Jesus, in the harness, who will mourn? Lamb of the shepherds, Child, how still you lie.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »