I just can't get over how much babies cry. I really had no idea what I was getting into. To tell you… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
one thing about having a baby is that each step of the way you simply cannot imagine loving him any more than… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
All I ever wanted since I arrived here on earth are the same things I needed as a baby, to go from… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Writing can give you what having a baby can give you: it can get you to start paying attention, can help you… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Having a baby is like suddenly getting the world's worst roommate, like having Janis Joplin with a bad hangover and PMS come… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
A big heart is both a clunky and a delicate thing; it doesn't protect itself and it doesn't hide. It stands out,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Feeding a baby is like filling a hole with putty - you get it in and then you sort of shave off… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Let’s think of reverence as awe, as presence in and openness to the world…Try walking around with a child who’s going, ‘Wow,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
All I ever wanted since I arrived here on Earth were the things that turned out to be within reach. The same… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I pray not to be such a whiny, self-obsessed baby, and give thanks that I am not quite as bad as I… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
You fall so deeply in love with your grandbaby. It's so so so much easier than being a parent, because you really… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I guess he'll have to figure out someday that he is supposed to have this dark side, that it is part of what it… — Anne Lamott Copy Share
Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or… — Anne Lamott Copy Share
Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend… — Anne Lamott Copy Share
And yet, I do believe there is ultimately meaning in the chaos, and also in the doldrums. What I resist is not the truth… — Anne Lamott Copy Share
Raising a child, whether or not it is yours, is like Nautilus of the heart and soul. — Anne Lamott Copy Share
“I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Hope begins in… — Anne Lamott Copy Share
“I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to… — Anne Lamott Copy Share
We are going to die, as is everyone we adore - I hate this! But the question is, how do we live as women… — Anne Lamott Copy Share
“You will go through your life thinking there was a day in second grade that you must have missed, when the grown-ups came in… — Anne Lamott Copy Share
“You begin to string words together like beads to tell a story. You are desperate to communicate, to edify or entertain, to preserve moments… — Anne Lamott Copy Share
“You lose the known package of your nice organized self almost instantly here. Overeating is one way back, the way it is at funerals… — Anne Lamott Copy Share
