Mother is the first word that occurs to politicians and columnists and popes when they raise the question, 'Why isn't life turning out the way we want it?
Mary BlakelyFamilies don't always realize that mother is exhausted, because mother is always exhausted. Exhausted is what looks normal.
Mary BlakelyIt takes twenty or so years before a mother can know with any certainty how effective her theories have been--and even then thereare surprises. The daily newspapers raise the most frightening questions of all for a mother of sons: Could my once sweet babes ever become violent men? Are my sons really who I think they are?
Mary Blakely