| At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you’ve left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent. – Golda Meir 〰 ⚤ 〰 When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. – Sophia Loren 〰 ⚤ 〰 Take motherhood … the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent. – Barbara Ehrenreich 〰 ⚤ 〰 By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh 〰 ⚤ 〰 We have a secret in our [doula] culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong. – Laura Stavoe Harm 〰 ⚤ 〰 Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws. – Barbara Kingsolver |