Although there are real hazards in saying yes to life, they are inconsequential when compared to the regrets that come with saying "no".

Anxiety checks learning. A feeling of well being and respect stimulates an alert mind.

A baby is like the beginning of all things: wonder, hope a dream of possibilities. In a world that is cutting down its trees to build highways, losing its earth to concrete, babies are almost the only remaining link in nature, with the natural world of living things from which we spring.

We all wanted babies - but did any of us want children?

When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves.

It helps parents to feel better if we remind them of our failures with them! And how they turned out just fine despite our imperfections.... We never get over needing nurturing parents. The more we comfort our own adult children, the more they can comfort our grandchildren.

It is strange but true that although we may have learned all sorts of important facts while raising our own children, when we become grandparents we still tend to forget a whole lot of things we knew.