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title: "4 Wanted Parent Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [I've wanted to be a parent for a really long time, and I'm going to make sure I'm doing everything I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lori-lightfoot/i-ve-wanted-to-be-a-parent-for-a-really-long-time-and-i-m-going-to/)

[Lori Lightfoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lori-lightfoot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/499/lori-lightfoot-6415_everything_i-ve-wanted-to-be-a-parent-for-a-really_55913.jpg)

> [I wasn't remembering the gift that God had given me. I had totally put all that aside. And my daughter was growing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oprah-winfrey/i-wasn-t-remembering-the-gift-that-god-had-given-me-i-had-totally-put/)

[Oprah Winfrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oprah-winfrey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/oprah-winfrey-186_children_i-wasn-t-remembering-the-gift-that-god-h_1845770.png)

> [“I think I was just overly excitable about it because I loved him in a way I'd never thought possible. I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-jenkins-reid/i-think-i-was-just-overly-excitable-about-it-because-i-loved-him-in-a/)

[Taylor Jenkins Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-jenkins-reid/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ce/taylor-jenkins-reid-2049_children_i-think-i-was-just-overly-excitable-abou_1922540.jpg)

> [I really have always wanted to be a parent, and when I hit 36 and had just ended a relationship, I remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-really-have-always-wanted-to-be-a-parent-and-when-i-hit-36-and-had/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/anonymous-1_adopt_i-really-have-always-wanted-to-be-a-pare_2595759.jpg)

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