“A home without children! It is like a lantern and no candle; a garden and no flowers; a vine and no grapes; a brook and no water gurgling and gushing in its channel … Children are more easily led to be good by examples of loving kindness, and tales of […]
‘How much do babies cost?’ said he The other night upon my knee; And then I said: ‘They cost a lot; A lot of watching by a cot, A lot of sleepless hours and care, A lot of heartache and despair, A lot of fear and trying dread, And sometimes many tears are shed […]
“Woe to him who smiles not over a cradle, and weeps not over a tomb. He who has never tried the companionship of a little child, has carelessly passed by one of the greatest pleasures of life, as one who passes a rare flower without plucking it or knowing its value. The gleeful laugh of […]
“It is a great thing to take these young and tender lives, rich with so many possibilities of beauty, of joy, of power, all of which may be wrecked, and to become responsible for their shaping and training and for the up-building of their character. This is what must be thought of in the making […]
If this is one of the rewards of my daily tasks of mothering … I consider this a cherry on top … witnessing baby Luther’s first smile …
