distractions make it easy to lose yourself

distractions make it easy to lose yourself, originally uploaded by McBeth.

My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.

-- Ani Difranco

losing fortunes

wealth (*cash value sold seperately), originally uploaded by McBeth.

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy -- the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.

-- Eric Hoffer

this is your child

this is your child, originally uploaded by McBeth.

She will spin like a dervish around you and around you and around you until one day, when you suddenly realize she has spun right out into her own life, a life without your supervision, a life of expectation and hope and fearlessness.

Love your child right now. You don't get do-overs.