So you eat, you sleep, and then this wonderful child comes out, but you don't feel like you have any control over that process, over her, over her character and who she is.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It doesn't matter how your child comes to you. I've never felt such joy and such love. It's the most beautiful delicious little thing.
I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or try and hold onto it because it so precious to us and it's such an extraordinary part of our lives.
When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light.
Sometimes with my children, I remember exactly how I felt as the child in this situation, not just how it feels to be me.
The child inside of you knows how to take things as they come, how to deal most effectively and happily with everything and everyone it encounters on this planet. If you can recapture that childlike essence of your being, you can stay 'forever young at heart.'
The moment you have a child, in an instant your life is not for you, and your life is completely, 100 percent dedicated to another human being, and they will always come first. It changes you forever. It changes your perspective, and it gives you a nice purpose and focus.
A lot of things you see as a child remain with you... you spend a lot of your life trying to recapture the experience.
It's very different to have this kid that I'm truly responsible for.
I feel like I've come out of this grown up, maybe because I live through the character vicariously and she grows up so much during the course of this story.
I really believe that if you're going to bring a child into the world, it's your job to parent that world. Especially if it's just you; you don't pawn her off on somebody.