“Having a child is like having your heart walk around outside of your body.”
“Making the decision to have a child - it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ”
“It's an awe-filled, wonderful, terrifying act to have a child, for you suddenly wear your heart on the outside of your body. You risk a little more each day as he wanders from your arms into the world.”
“This is motherhood for you,' said my own mother. 'Going through life with your heart outside your body.”
“Take a walk outside - it will serve you far more than pacing around in your mind.”