Heart of Life

Not much to say, just that I LOVE this smoochie, woochie baby.

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“Babies are such a nice way to start people.”

― Don Herold

“I love these little people; and it is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us.”

― Charles Dickens

“Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind.”

― Howard W. Hunter

“I think it's worth trying to be a mother who delights in who her children are, in their knock-knock jokes and earnest questions. A mother who spends less time obsessing about what will happen, or what has happened, and more time reveling in what is.”

― Ayelet Waldman

“Mothers who know do less. They permit less of what will not bear good fruit eternally. They allow less media in their homes, less distraction, less activity that draws their children away from their home. Mothers who know are willing to live on less and consume less of the world’s goods in order to spend more time with their children—more time eating together, more time working together, more time reading together, more time talking, laughing, singing, and exemplifying. These mothers choose carefully and do not try to choose it all.”

― Julie B. Beck

“To you who are parents, I say, show love to your children. You know you love them, but make certain they know it as well. They are so precious. Let them know. Call upon our Heavenly Father for help as you care for their needs each day and as you deal with the challenges which inevitably come with parenthood. You need more than your own wisdom in rearing them.”

― Thomas S. Monson