Long before we discovered mirrors and photographs, our mothers' reflections provided us with the earliest glimpses of our female identity.

Birth is a bittersweet event ... a place where heaven and earth collide in a perplexing clash of hopes, dreams, facts, fears, questions, and expectations.

Long before we discovered mirrors and photographs, our mothers' reflections provided us with the earliest glimpses of our female identity.

Life is like an EKG. Without the ups and downs, you're not living.