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It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people.

It's very healing to me to be a very present mother. I hope that it's also good for her. But it's definitely good for me.

It's hard for me to believe someone could harm a child.

It's quite difficult for a parent to know that their daughter is in great danger.

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.

To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.

Parenthood is a very, very intense experience.

I knew it was going to be the most extraordinary thing in my life, but how powerful it is, you can never know until you have a baby.

Our daughter was not damaged or hurt in any way. She was simply relinquished to foster care by two people who were not ready to be parents. I admire them for giving her the chance for a better life. And I am grateful they gave my husband and me the opportunity to be parents.