"And sometimeswhen she does remember,she calls me her little angeland she knows where she isand everything is all rightfor a second or a minuteand then we cry;she for the life that she lostI for the woman I only know about through the stories of her children."
Rebecca Rijsdijk
"We laughed as we ducked behind a pile of snow. Then our brothers came charging through the barrier, sending the four of us sliding down a white slope full of cherished memories."
Erica Sehyun Song
"My grandmother did all the cooking at Christmas. We ate fattened chicken. We would feed it even more so it would be big and fat."
Alain Ducasse
"Every Mother Counts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother. We inform, engage, and mobilize audiences to take action and raise funds that support maternal health programs around the world."
Christy Turlington
"My mom says: 'Why aren't you a doctor?' and I'm like, 'I am a doctor!' and she's all, 'No, I mean a real doctor.' She reads my books, but she says they give her a headache."
Brian Greene
"Home is where your heart is."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"On the line beside Describe your family, I wrote, 'Bad.'What is your favorite subject in school? 'None.'List three of your favorite activities. 'Soccer, ballet, and fighting.'Two of those favorite activities were lies but one of them was the truth.I am fond of fighting."
Barbara O'Connor
"How can the face that welcomed me into the world be the face I'll soon forget? How can the body I came through be the body I don't really know?"
Michelle Carithers
"The truth about parenting is that the reality of our lives needs to be enough."
Jessica Valenti
"Blessed is the womb that born you."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give."
Anonymous
"At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents."
Jane D. Hull
"My dad put me with all the greatest people. It definitely helped me now, because I know so much more about music and composition. It's cool. I love Pops. I'm super thankful for everything he's done to help my career."
Ty Dolla Sign
"My first paying job might have been doing a play, actually. My mom paid me to dress up as a flounder at my sister's 'Little Mermaid' - themed birthday party when I was little."
Paul Dano
"When I look at my daughter, who's 24, she is much more confident than I ever was and her expectations are higher. But I worry that there is a backlash brewing against progress on equality."
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