Myranda McDaniels’s Reviews > Motherhood > Status Update

My pendulum swings so far in both directions depending on the week. But this quote stayed with me: “I held fast against the wave that tried to sweep me into its slumber—the slumber that makes babies—for it's certainly a kind of slumber to do what nature wants. To have avoided its grasp feels as blissful and intimate as having a child, but the opposite of a child, in how what I've won can hardly be seen.”