for all of my pregnant friends...

[eleneariel]

But especially for ladyharriet, because when I read this today, it sounded exactly like something she might have written.

Being pregnant is fun because you needn't accomplish anything else today. No matter how many hours you frittered away with nothing concrete to show for them -- no novels written, fortunes earned, trees planted, drowning swimmers resuscitated, cathedrals designed, or even missing buttons replaced -- or even dishes washed -- you were pregnant all day long. You were adding extra cells, maybe frivolous refinements like ears and fingernails, to a human body. That's enough to keep anyone busy and justify the day.

--Endangered Pleasures: In defense of naps, bacon, martinis, profanity, and other indulgences, by Barbara Holland

Comments

[ex-blackswa.livejournal.com]

That is gorgeousness itself. :)

[my-everafter.livejournal.com]

Haha! I love that. :D

[sirjake.livejournal.com]

That is nice, you are totally right that I could hear her writing something similar to that, but even if she did, that's so not Rita... She feels down when she doesn't get "enough" accomplished, yet she's still maintained the house, cooked for me, kept the laundry going, AND continued her work at her babysitting job and house cleaning for another family. Plus, she's working on her degree. (And I'm sure that I'm forgetting other things.) I keep telling her to make sure that she doesn't do too much, and she is taking more naps than ever before, but she continually amazes me at her diligence and remarkable abilities. She's a truly amazing woman.

[eattheolives.livejournal.com]

I know--I thought as I read it that I could not see her actually doing that!

[radiantlove.livejournal.com]

*smile* That's a fun quote. I can see Rita writing it, though I don't see her living it ;-)

[enfantin.livejournal.com]

That's awesome! Very true, too. :)

That sounds like a great book. I think I may just have to read that...