Ellen L. Walker

“we cannot have or do it all. We have to make tough choices in our lives. Most of us cannot train for a marathon, work sixty hours a week building a career, fully embrace the task of parenting a child, and be a nurturing friend all at the same time. We have to choose the direction we want to take our lives. There are no right or wrong paths, simply different ones. Parents must give up some other paths they may have taken had they not had children. Those of us who are childfree will never have the life experience of being a parent. Even for those who very much wanted to have children, but by chance or biology could not, there is no reason to not find purpose and fantastic enjoyment in life.”
― Ellen L. Walker, Complete Without Kids: An Insider's Guide to Childfree Living by Choice or by Chance