I love this quote because it describes perfectly how I feel about my daughter. She's more than just my child, she's an extension of me; a part of who I am. I cannot imagine my life without her, nor do I want to. I am who I am because of her and whether she's near or far away won't matter--because she'll always be close to me.
"Sometimes parents don't find what they're looking for in their child, so they plant seeds for what they'd like to grow there instead. I've witnessed this with the former hockey player who takes his son out to skate before he can even walk. Or in the mother who gave up her ballet dreams when she married, but now scrapes her daughter's hair into a bun and watches from the wings of the stage. We are not, as you'd expect, orchestrating their lives; we are not even trying for a second chance. We're hoping that if this one thing takes root, it might take up enough light and space to keep something else from developing in our children: the disappointment we've already lived." ~Jodi Picoult; Vanishing Acts
