Stacie

“Lindell had seen too many of these women who subordinated themselves, but could also feel the temptation of giving in to a more traditional woman’s role. It would be so easy to be like her mother. So seemingly secure.”
― Kjell Eriksson, The Princess of Burundi

“I’ve felt the same thing,” she said. “We all love our kids, but we want so much. The kids are everything to us, and yet they aren’t our life, so to speak. Some women love to putter around at home but I almost went crazy that first year. Sitting around the playground shooting the breeze with other moms was not my thing.”
― Kjell Eriksson, The Princess of Burundi

“If we just had the time, he thought, and would often say, we could manage these kids as well. All they lacked was time and resources.”
― Kjell Eriksson, The Princess of Burundi

“Life was a mixture of coincidence and hopes that often ran out in the sand.”
― Kjell Eriksson, The Princess of Burundi