a thought for Wednesday
Last night, I was going through an old box of art supplies, trying to find something for my ongoing collage project with the Bee, when I stumbled across some folders that I haven’t looked at in years. In my younger days (ie, before I had kids), I did a lot of art projects, and most of those were inspired in some way by words–mostly quotes from various books, some from articles. When I was mucking about last night, I found the folders that held those quotes on 3×5 cards. I thought some of them would be worth sharing with the internet, so I’ve decided to develop a theme day–a thought for Wednesday. Here’s the first one:
“That’s the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You’ll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and–in the recognition that your own children cannot fathom the depth of your love–you come to understand the tragic, unrequited love of your own parents.”
-Ursula Hegi, Freitod
thordora said,
September 3, 2006 at 10:55 pm
that’s so the way I’m feeling lately…
chip said,
September 3, 2006 at 10:56 pm
that’s perfect. I’ve really been thinking these exact thoughts lately. But it’s sad for us parents isn’t it, if it’ll take our own kids having kids for them to realize this…
jessica said,
September 3, 2006 at 10:57 pm
Wow….wow! This is so, so true.
sara said,
September 3, 2006 at 10:57 pm
Visiting for the first time. Your quote hit the nail on the head for me recently. Keep them coming.
Tiffany said,
September 3, 2006 at 10:58 pm
I’ve always loved “words” .. (there’s a name for that, isn’t there!! LOL !! ) and I find it hard to explain to people why thi is so !! I love quotes, interesting words with double meanings and onomatopoeia. I’m excited to find a fellow word artist!
Betty said,
September 3, 2006 at 10:58 pm
I’m very fond of collecting wonderful and thought-provoking quotes too. I find so many good ones that capture exactly what I’m thinking, but have no idea have to “store” them.
Library Lady said,
September 3, 2006 at 10:59 pm
I don’t know about that. What I DO know for sure is that after you have your kids you understand your parents’ love for you, I guess if you were a rotten kid, it can make you feel pretty guilty. Fortunately I was a boringly good kid, so I’m okay with that…
Seriously, it makes it hard to get annoyed with my mom (even when my husband does) because I know that when she looks at me, she still sees her baby, and that she loves me the way I love MY girls!